Challenge: One Word About Sailing

[sailorboy1]

itbrokebutigotthereanywayhowaboutyou

in sailing you get to make up your own words

[JF Koplitz]

peace

[Dreaming Yachtsman]

Challenge. . .

. . . of trimming the sails correctly for the wind conditions.
. . . of finding your way into a new port without running aground.
. . . of getting a badly needed repair part a place far from civilization.
. . . of making do with what is at hand when unsuccessful with the previous challenge.
. . . of not becoming bored on the 5th day of a long passage.
. . . of getting accurate weather predictions.
. . . associated with venturing out having failed to overcome the previous challenge.

Maybe not so much the challenges themselves but the gratification of meeting them - but that would change my word and mess up this post!

[rubylene]

Adventure!
This one comes out of my mind first!...

[henkmeuzelaar]

+1 independence
+1 self-reliance

Autonomy

[Randy]

FREEDOM

I've spent a fair amount of time on the water & it's been good sailing the ability to go where I want & when I want.

[unbusted67]

Originally Posted by imagine2frolic

artform....................i2f

I like this.

Artform.

I think Web Chiles (is that his name?) said the same thing.

I also like the guy that said

Home.

[San Juan Sailor]

Independence

Which happens to be the name of my boat. It came with that name but I like it and I'm going to keep it.

[jimking100]

What Hiracer said. He must be a poet.
jim

[forsailbyowner]

Lifestyle

[Rayallyn]

Screw western civilization! The rat race! The confinement and conformity of a 9 to 5 job! A five-day workweek that has now turned into 7! I always was a bit of a rebel, my teachers in sociology and psychiatry referred to me as a champion of the under dog after reading my essay in college. Though I have a degree in English and Photography. But where I am heading I think I better take some Spanish.

[MikeZ]

Woohoo!!!

(Is that a word?)

best,
Mike

[TaoJones]

Originally Posted by Rayallyn

Screw western civilization! The rat race! The confinement and conformity of a 9 to 5 job! A five-day workweek that has now turned into 7! I always was a bit of a rebel, my teachers in sociology and psychiatry [emphasis added] referred to me as a champion of the under dog after reading my essay in college. Though I have a degree in English and Photography. But where I am heading I think I better take some Spanish.

I was an English major, as well, and I don't remember seeing a psychiatry course on the list of electives. Is it possible that was a psychology course?

TaoJones

[sabray]

serenity when defined as constant vigilance.
Maybe Aiko but now that Im popping birthday balloons instead of other things that get popped i can't remember what aiko is.

[BlueWaterSail]

Insight.

... as in, harmony with nature and your inner self - the joy of singlehandling.

BWS