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18-01-2024, 07:41
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2024
Location: Fairfield CT
Boat: Seawind 1160
Posts: 11
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Hi from chilly Connecticut!
Hi everyone,
I recently (like last friday) retired (somewhat early) from a nearly 40 year career in media and tech. My husband and I have been sailing for 17 years off the coast of New England, first on our Maine Cat 30, and recently upgrading to a Seawind 1160 so that we can live aboard for weeks or months at a time. This is a new thing for me, joining a forum. But now that I have the time and as we plan for our adventures I'm interested in learning from and connecting with folks that know more than me. I hope I can contribute as well!
It feels strange to not have a job. But, as a good friend once told me: "Life is short. Buy the shoes".
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18-01-2024, 10:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Meandering about the Gulf of Alaska coast [NNE Pacific]— where the internet doesn't always shine... [Even Elon's...] Homeport: Wrangell Island
Boat: Nauticat 43 [S&S Staysail Ketch]
Posts: 1,790
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Re: Hi from chilly Connecticut!
Welcome to retirement- and the forum.
Soon you will wonder how you found the time to hold down a full time career…
In honor of retiring, it is worth sharing one of many cruising related songs by Eileen Quinn [cruising sailor, songwriter, musician] ‘ My Old Job’…
Enjoy your new shoes…
Cheers, Bill
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Learning every day- and sharing if I can.
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18-01-2024, 12:08
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Portland, Oregon USA
Boat: Island Packet, Packet Cat 35
Posts: 1,056
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Re: Hi from chilly Connecticut!
Quote:
Originally Posted by wrwakefield
Welcome to retirement- and the forum.
Soon you will wonder how you found the time to hold down a full time career…
In honor of retiring, it is worth sharing one of many cruising related songs by Eileen Quinn [cruising sailor, songwriter, musician] ‘ My Old Job’…
Enjoy your new shoes…
Cheers, Bill |
What he said. LOL Welcome
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18-01-2024, 12:18
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Lakewood Ranch, FLORIDA
Boat: Alden 50, Sarasota, Florida
Posts: 3,633
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Re: Hi from chilly Connecticut!
My wife has that sign in her bathroom “ life is short, buy the shoes” and she acts as though it’s a religious guide.
It’s chilly in Florida too.
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18-01-2024, 14:54
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#5
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2024
Location: Fairfield CT
Boat: Seawind 1160
Posts: 11
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Re: Hi from chilly Connecticut!
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Originally Posted by wrwakefield
Welcome to retirement- and the forum.
Soon you will wonder how you found the time to hold down a full time career…
In honor of retiring, it is worth sharing one of many cruising related songs by Eileen Quinn [cruising sailor, songwriter, musician] ‘ My Old Job’…
Enjoy your new shoes…
Cheers, Bill |
Lol! Thank you Bill!!!
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18-01-2024, 14:55
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2024
Location: Fairfield CT
Boat: Seawind 1160
Posts: 11
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Re: Hi from chilly Connecticut!
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Originally Posted by S/V Illusion
My wife has that sign in her bathroom “ life is short, buy the shoes” and she acts as though it’s a religious guide.
It’s chilly in Florida too. |
I would probably get along well with your wife 
thanks for the welcome!
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18-01-2024, 14:56
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2024
Location: Fairfield CT
Boat: Seawind 1160
Posts: 11
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Re: Hi from chilly Connecticut!
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Originally Posted by Cpt Mark
What he said. LOL Welcome
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Thank you!!
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27-01-2024, 17:49
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: La Ciudad de la Misión Didacus de Alcalá en Alta California, Virreinato de Nueva España
Boat: Cal 20
Posts: 21,539
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Re: Hi from chilly Connecticut!
Welcome to CruisersForum!
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Num Me Vexo?
For all of your celestial navigation questions: https://navlist.net/
A house is but a boat so poorly built and so firmly run aground no one would think to try and refloat it.
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29-01-2024, 12:34
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2024
Location: Fairfield CT
Boat: Seawind 1160
Posts: 11
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Re: Hi from chilly Connecticut!
Adelie,
Lol! I had to look that up!
Thanks!
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29-01-2024, 13:34
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: La Ciudad de la Misión Didacus de Alcalá en Alta California, Virreinato de Nueva España
Boat: Cal 20
Posts: 21,539
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Re: Hi from chilly Connecticut!
That’s me, penguin boy or penguin rider depending on your preference.
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Num Me Vexo?
For all of your celestial navigation questions: https://navlist.net/
A house is but a boat so poorly built and so firmly run aground no one would think to try and refloat it.
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29-01-2024, 15:29
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running down a dream
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Florida
Boat: cape dory 30 MKII
Posts: 3,230
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Re: Hi from chilly Connecticut!
Give yourself time to adjust. And start downsizing if you plan on moving aboard.
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some of the best times of my life were spent on a boat. it just took a long time to realize it.
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29-01-2024, 16:15
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Jan 2019
Boat: Beneteau 432, C&C Landfall 42, Roberts Offshore 38
Posts: 7,133
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Re: Hi from chilly Connecticut!
Most people have a problem adjusting to being retired.
After 6 months, you'll find you'll need an extra 12 hours of daylight to do all the stuff you wanna do for the day.
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