Yeah I wish I knew about cruisers forum or cared to listen to other peoples
advice when I was 19 and helping in
New Orleans right after katrina, there was plenty of
boats and I had a free ticket to
circumnavigation for the next 5-10 years. Not really sure what happened, but it had to do with trust and really me just being naive, but I went back home to
washington finished my degree, got rid of my
legal problems that I was running from, met an awesome Korean girl (shes actually 8 years older than me) and got her pregnant (accident, yes I wore a condom ... 97% effective.. its true) and got married(solely for her citizenship), and started working at boeing getting a nice cush career, just couldnt handle capitalism/the
current society and wanted change, wanted my old freedom, and wanted to be on a
boat again. all childish I suppose or at least not the norm, but it is my heart and if I am to be true to myself I will have to follow it. But the
single only reason I am even on land is my baby boy who needs a dad, and has a (Im afraid permanently) a landloving mother, so my fate may well be to wait out the 16years (or whenever he is old enuf to decide for himself) to save
money and be stable for him, my -6k is student loan debt, and soon I am starting at a new airplane firm (mechanic
work i love the
work, hate the factory BS) or at a hooked up job with a
boat repair/molds/up and coming boat shop that let me competely
refurb my sailboat at thier shop for 100% free materials and all (wel it cost a couple fifths of crown royal) but a really great shop and great owner, great atmosphere to work in. so yeah my choices are limited friends, so take heed, maybe I cant sail and "be free" but I can learn about
boats, or planes and end up 45 (old) and with enuf cash to retire on a boat for the rest of my life. is it the same thing as a sailing lifestyle from 21-death? an emphatic NO. but maybe I can live vicariously through this site, and for now local sailing will do, so post on friends and take heart that you are in a better situation than I.