ISLAND BOUND 2007-2008!!
Well the days seem to melt by like ice cream on a hot summer afternoon. I find myself asking someone what day it is at least once a week. The boat traffic is becoming very congested and heavy now. I’m in Ft pierce Florida and this is were all the sailboats start getting ready to cross over to the Bahamas, they either pick here or West Palm Beach which is only forty something more miles down the coast. I will continue there to get ready to cross the Atlantic to the Bahamas putting me in the Abaco’s Islands. It’s cheaper in the Abacos and there are more anchorages for us to pick from saving us money. I’m anchored on a mooring ball which is only 10 dollars a night here, there must be a hundred sailboats anchored here waiting on the weather to continue on down the Florida Coast. The wind is very gusty with 40 MPH winds and a cold front is moving through right now. The front will move through tonight and it will be calm tomorrow with 70 degree temperatures on Tuesday. The rest of the week looks good for us with 75 to 79 degree temperatures for the next few days .I took the day to due laundry and clean the boat up it needed it so badly. I wiped everything down with water and bleach to kill the mildew from the wet and warm days we have had since we entered into Florida. I can’t believe I have lived on this boat for almost six months now. The life I live sometimes makes me shake my head in just plain bewilderment. What happened to being normal like everyone else; house, wife, dog, and job that’s a big one. I guess there just is something in me that says normal is not enough for my personality to be satisfying. The boat does smell much better good for another six month, just kidding. I’m trying to get some more pictures of the boat under sail but its very hard to do and all. The engine is still running very well except I have a small oil leak on the rear main seal. I have to pull the engine to change it and I will just live with it till I sell the boat or take it back to Michigan. Its amazing the people I see in the marinas that are out here sailing and searching for a different kind of life. I have seen young people with kids as young as 5 or 6 just sailing and enjoying one another. You see they share a common goal and live to take care of one another. They haven’t the outside influences of others trying to sabotage their lives every other day. They truly rely on one another to live and fulfill a dream that I would assume they both share. I seen a young couple a few weeks back that had an old rough looking boat sailing together with their 4 year old daughter the couple was no more than 23 years old, I was to say the least very envious of them .I love the idea of someone finding a better way to carry out their life .They seemed so very happy with each other .They didn’t have a fancy boat or a lot of money but they had what truly counts in this world they had one another and their family together sharing each and every day as it presented itself. I talked with them a bit and could only think how wonderful this young couple was. They were only 23 and found the secret to life that we are all searching for in books, pills, magazines and television programs .It’s the simplicity of living together and taking care of one another through good times and bad. Always dreaming and finding that perfect place in each others lives. It exists in all of us we are just to busy trying to search for it in the wrong places. Please think back to the basics of life and how we survive. It’s not in the material things or the amount of stuff we can acquire. The truth is in us all, we just need to except it, and be content with it, and happiness will follow. Well there is my two cents for what it’s worth take that and put four quarters with it and it might by you a bottle of soda. That’s all I have for now take care and Talk to you soon.”” Don’t Dream Your Life: Live Your Dream. “”
SKIPPER OUT !!!
Well the days seem to melt by like ice cream on a hot summer afternoon. I find myself asking someone what day it is at least once a week. The boat traffic is becoming very congested and heavy now. I’m in Ft pierce Florida and this is were all the sailboats start getting ready to cross over to the Bahamas, they either pick here or West Palm Beach which is only forty something more miles down the coast. I will continue there to get ready to cross the Atlantic to the Bahamas putting me in the Abaco’s Islands. It’s cheaper in the Abacos and there are more anchorages for us to pick from saving us money. I’m anchored on a mooring ball which is only 10 dollars a night here, there must be a hundred sailboats anchored here waiting on the weather to continue on down the Florida Coast. The wind is very gusty with 40 MPH winds and a cold front is moving through right now. The front will move through tonight and it will be calm tomorrow with 70 degree temperatures on Tuesday. The rest of the week looks good for us with 75 to 79 degree temperatures for the next few days .I took the day to due laundry and clean the boat up it needed it so badly. I wiped everything down with water and bleach to kill the mildew from the wet and warm days we have had since we entered into Florida. I can’t believe I have lived on this boat for almost six months now. The life I live sometimes makes me shake my head in just plain bewilderment. What happened to being normal like everyone else; house, wife, dog, and job that’s a big one. I guess there just is something in me that says normal is not enough for my personality to be satisfying. The boat does smell much better good for another six month, just kidding. I’m trying to get some more pictures of the boat under sail but its very hard to do and all. The engine is still running very well except I have a small oil leak on the rear main seal. I have to pull the engine to change it and I will just live with it till I sell the boat or take it back to Michigan. Its amazing the people I see in the marinas that are out here sailing and searching for a different kind of life. I have seen young people with kids as young as 5 or 6 just sailing and enjoying one another. You see they share a common goal and live to take care of one another. They haven’t the outside influences of others trying to sabotage their lives every other day. They truly rely on one another to live and fulfill a dream that I would assume they both share. I seen a young couple a few weeks back that had an old rough looking boat sailing together with their 4 year old daughter the couple was no more than 23 years old, I was to say the least very envious of them .I love the idea of someone finding a better way to carry out their life .They seemed so very happy with each other .They didn’t have a fancy boat or a lot of money but they had what truly counts in this world they had one another and their family together sharing each and every day as it presented itself. I talked with them a bit and could only think how wonderful this young couple was. They were only 23 and found the secret to life that we are all searching for in books, pills, magazines and television programs .It’s the simplicity of living together and taking care of one another through good times and bad. Always dreaming and finding that perfect place in each others lives. It exists in all of us we are just to busy trying to search for it in the wrong places. Please think back to the basics of life and how we survive. It’s not in the material things or the amount of stuff we can acquire. The truth is in us all, we just need to except it, and be content with it, and happiness will follow. Well there is my two cents for what it’s worth take that and put four quarters with it and it might by you a bottle of soda. That’s all I have for now take care and Talk to you soon.”” Don’t Dream Your Life: Live Your Dream. “”
SKIPPER OUT !!!
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