Hi...not sure what to say for an intro but here goes:
Former military, US 82D ABN-INF then Canadian MARSS bar for a couple years before life happened. I've been a Peace Officer and a Child Protection Worker for a First Nation. Lots of stress in every job I ever had so VA says DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE! Fortunately, I know how to deal with it; being on the
water is the best way I know to fugetabutit and feel alive again. Since leaving
Navy, I have since done civilian courses,
Power Squadron, ISPA Coastal
Skipper Certification, yada yada. But I'm drying up out here. I miss the ocean. I still dream of the
Sydney Hobart where I fell in love with sailing, but that was a quarter century ago. Unfortunately, for
family reasons, I'm stuck back home in Alberta...land-o-few lakes and just a few months of
boating and
fishing, 8 or 9 months of waiting for the next time I can get on the
water. I have to drive 2 hours to get to the nearest semi-decent 94 sq/km
fishing lake (Pidgeon Lake is consider large here--that's 36 sq.km for my brothers and sisters south of the border)...almost a 3 hour drive to a lake that's more than 30' deep, (Cold Lake). I've gone from sailing sloops solo beyond sight of land or through Seymour Narrows timing the tidal flows to avoid the whirlpool, or boondocking in Desolation Sound, to now being call sign "Good2Hook", a station Licensed 16' Lund Sport with a 50hp (no sense in bigger here) just so I can be on the water, (for me, sailing in Alberta sucks...even stink-potting feels like Im trapped 'cause the lakes are so tiny--yeah yeah Slave Lake and Lake Athabasca (by the Arctic Circle) are still puddles after the Pacific. I'd even settle for the
Great Lakes to retire; much better than being a sailor stuck on the Prairies).
So why am I here on this forum? Because its a resource and a source of memories. The person that thinks they know everything has failed to learn the most important thing: no one knows everything save God. I'm here to reminisce, learn, and hope that one day I may be able to sell my Alberta home and move back to THE Island or even the Muskokas/Trent Severn/Lake Huron if I can't afford the Island anymore...just to have a spot of land where I can put a
dock and live in a
liveaboard or at least park and winterize my RV nearby. BUT...family comes first, so until the Lord calls me elsewhere or sets me free, I'll content myself with CruisersForum.
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