What Sailing means to Me
I've been sailing since I can remember, and what I do remember is sailing with my dad on his 18' sloop.
By the time I was a teenager that sloop was by all practical purposes mine, and my friends and I had lots of fun sailing it.
I started windsurfing in high school, and sort of fell into the wrong sport because I would skip school whenever the winds got strong.
Windsurfing is the pinnacle of the sport to me.
"Now" is all that exists when I speed along on my short board at over 25knts.
Cruising came natural for me, as a young man I was eager to travel, meet new people, and experience new things.
The first four years of my adult life was spent cruising on a small motor less sailboat.
Discovering new places and people is what makes cruising fun.
I find Cruising the most stressful because I am sailing my home, and I always consider the worst case scenario.
Then I got married and started racing with my friends at the Yacht Club.
The comradery and competition make racing the most exciting form of sailing.
Lately I have been cruising to stay warm, travel, and possibly find a place to retire on land and build boats...
So that I can leisurely sail around for a few hours, and return to a house the doesn't move, a shop that is full of equipment and tools, My Beautiful Wife, a dog, and a cat :)
