So it Begins!

I have been asked by many of my friends to “keep in touch” while I embark on my trip to help a friend sail his boat from Colon Panama to Fort Lauderdale Florida. Sounds easy enough, except I had no idea how I was going to do it until someone mentioned “you might try writing a blog”.

(At this point I think it is appropriate to toss in this disclaimer.  I have spent most of my adult life writing programs for computers. I am far more familiar with with special characters like * # $ %  =  <  >  and not so much with ; “ ‘ : ; , . So be careful what you ask for!)

For better or worse, I shall begin. Let me start by saying I’m not really sure what background information you’ll find interesting in me telling you (drop me a note if you want to know more) so I’ll stick to my sailing resume I use when I want to charter a boat.

I’ve sailed Cal20s, Catalina 27 and 30s, Islander 36 (part owner), Hunter 40, Bill Lapworth design 44 (part owner), and chartered four types of catamarans ranging in size from 36 to 45 feet. I sailed the waters of Hawaii, California, Mexico, Belize, and the BVI (British Virgin Islands). All this before spending the time (and money) to take the basic ASA courses 101, 103, 104, and 114 (feel free to checkout the ASA website and lookup the course numbers *note not a plug for ASA).

I have learned a lot over the years and continue to learn new things every time I climb aboard.