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23 Aug 2017 |
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  Near or Far
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Tested a lot of boats of late, and this notion about dawdling along just kept coming back to me. It also did not seem to matter at all if your cruising was to partake in your local waterways or to become transoceanic voyagers; the guiding principals were the same.
Later I read how a long-term cruiser had returned home and was in shock at the pace and materialistic nature of our society. Frantic was the word used.... When you liveaboard, simplicity, a certain zen-ness, spontaneity, and appreciation for your complete surroundings are your guiding principals. Think of it like when you were a backpacker and your whole existence stemmed from the big pack on your back and the smaller one on your front. Over-indulgence was simply just not going to cut it.
Now George Carlin did a magnificent sketch on ‘stuff', which you can view now by going here, and there is a lot draw from that about living both on land and at sea, yet it was the email received after the last editorial called Huxley that got me to thinking. A dangerous thing indeed...
Here were a young couple that realised in order to do all the many things that float their respective boats; they needed to sail around the region. Yet they had no real understanding of all that this entailed, so wide-eyed and always on the learning curve they stepped into the breech. Apart from being able to get to the places they wanted to, they hoped to be able to inspire others, and perhaps provide a little bit of grease to apply to the rails, thereby assisting others take to the seas.
So totally in the same vein, and now you'll see the thread weaving away here, and some time ago now, we looked very closely at the burgeoning situation with people buying a boat, putting it into charter, skilling up themselves by using it in the locations they sent it to, and then finally taking off around the country, the region, or the globe for that matter.
The article, Planning and completing your SEAbattical, which can check once more here, was all about how to take the dream and turn it into a reality in a timeframe that was neither so short as to have left worrying about your skills, or too long as to see your boat lying at the end of the quay, rotting away as you struggled to find the time to make it happen. We then came back and reviewed it all in Closing the loop, when many more than expected had attended and took charge of their aspirations.
 | | If you want to go around the Pacific or the globe, then this could be for you! Multihull Central |
The core aim was to get people out there doing the cruising before they got any older. i.e. waste no time. Brent Vaughan from Multihull Central had even written the book, called SEAbbatical, and the seminars in Australia were run under that very name. It has recently been tweaked to reflect the financial aspects of it all, and is back as the Charter Boat Investment Masterclass.
This next one is on in Sydney, on Saturday September 9 from 1000 to 1500hrs at the Multihull Central Marina in Rozelle Bay – Lot 4 Chapman Road, Annandale, NSW 2038. There are Free Open Boat Displays from 0900 to 1700hrs, and you can read all about it here, and better yet book for it, right here. As the overriding comment that is always made by people in this space is that they wish they had done it sooner, if you are around, and it is of interest, then get along to it.
 | | Shetland ponies and puffins SV Taipan |
OK. Back to the business of newsletters, and this time you will find that we have tales for you about Maine, which almost as far away from that as you can get from Tahiti, Humpbacks gorging, ponies (not seahorses), the ARC, the new Seawind 1260, penguins, Jon Sanders and that 10th lap of the planet (at 78 years of age mind you!!!), plastic in the oceans and it is not fish food, books, seminars on getting you out to sea sooner, apparel, North Sails offer, the North Pole, that is a long way away no matter which Hemisphere you're in, Pompeii, the Race for Water, the Great Barrier Reef, records at the Sydney International Boat Show where just over 63,000 souls attended, seals, whales, dolphins, wooden boats, Coastguards, Florida, canals, as well as much more.
So you see, there are tales, lessons, inspirations and history to regale yourself with. Please do enjoy... We're really enjoying bringing you the best stories from all over the globe. Remember too, if you want to see what is happening in the other Hemisphere, go to the top and the drag down menu, select the other half of the globe and, voila, it's all there for you.
Now then, are you out there plying the seas and got something to say? We'd love to hear from you via editor@sail-world.com – In the meantime, do you love being on the ocean? Well remember to love them back too. They need our help. Now more than ever! Until next time...
John Curnow
41st Annual Wooden Boat Festival - Overall report
Anika Colvin, 
Tall ships, paddleboards, kayaks, tugboats, and everything in between—North America's largest wooden boat festival celebrates its 41st year on September 8–10, 2017. Demonstrations, presentations, plays, music, dancing, and great food—this is a weekend of fun for all ages... [more]
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