As some of you know I am off to sail across that Caribbean Sea, in a 47′ sailboat. I was lucky enough to do it last year also. It’s about 500 miles of open water. I know some sailors will say it’s not open because it’s a Sea not an Ocean, try to swim it then.
While I fully expect to make it safely there is always the possibility of something going wrong. Like last time we had Storm winds (50+Knots) for a while and things started breaking and it got a little tense but we knew what to do and it all worked out fabulously.
Why do we go, well the boat needs to be moved. More than that it’s a great time to bond with the other sailors, Out there you really ‘have each others back’ as there is no other option. We hope and look at weather forecasts to have a safe and un-eventfull passage and sometimes it actually works out that way. One trip I did was a 15 day ship passage across the Atlantic and it was sunny and flat water the whole way.
I have taken a lot of sailing courses and have done a bunch of sailing. Another reason to go is to see how the training holds up in the real wold. The better I get, the safer my family is when we go out alone.
What I get from these trips is the understanding of myself under conditions where there is no “time-outs”. I am interested to know what I will do when things are going well and when things need to go well. From that it helps me understand where others are at.
Also I get a nice tan, some good food, awesome sunsets and a bunch of laughs with some great people.
My favorite quote translated is: “A ship is safe in port, but that is not what a ship was built for.”
I will let you know how it goes.
Be Well,
Ward Willison
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