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35 years of racing sailboats(mostly other people's) ranging from 14-80ft have taught me a lot. You can do more than you thought. You can get in deeper than you
by slowhand09 7y ago
35 years of racing sailboats(mostly other people's) ranging from 14-80ft have taught me a lot. You can do more than you thought. You can get in deeper than you ever imagined and still get out. And this sounds deep. The coolest thing is mentioned in the article. Sailing on and participating in this adventure changes lives. And saves more than you might know. Over the years I've known many people young and old who have died, by natural causes, or their own hand, or at the hand of another. Of hundreds of sailors I've known personally, I recall only one who took his own life.
- satori99 7y agoI have been racing and sailing other peoples yachts for a similar time frame. I grew up in the Southern suburbs of Sydney. It is a place surrounded by waterways -- Botany Bay, Port Hacking and the Tasman sea. When I was young, during the 1980's it seemed like every young person spent their free time sailing and boating. Numerous sailing clubs had weekend fleets numbering in the hundreds of vessels over multiple classes. This has all but vanished today -- The clubs have either disappeared or are struggling. I'm not sure what children do today instead, but sailing isn't it anymore.
- brownbat 7y ago> I'm not sure what children do today instead, but sailing isn't it anymore. We solved distraction as if it were a game of perfect information then we put it in everyone's pocket.