Hi! We (Kevin & Danielle) have recently decided to include sailing into our plan to flee Michigan. Now we only have five years to learn to sail, find the "perfect"
boat and part with most of our junk.
After spending some time reading other introductions I have concluded that I am one very lucky man! We had been investigating
buying a small piece of some
Caribbean island to relocate to. When I asked Danielle "What do you think about
learning to sail and
living aboard instead?", her response was simply "sounds exciting".
It gets even better. I mention finding an early 70s, 34 foot whatever that has a junk
engine and an
interior that has never been updated for $2500 and the conversation goes something like this. Me: "We can put it in the driveway....really, the neighbors won't even notice." Her: "Can you get it
seaworthy?" Me: "Sure, if you commit to
learning to
Captain." Her: "That seems fair."
So the adventure begins. I did a visual
survey of the sub-division and realized that most of my neighbors already have
boats and campers parked along their driveways. I think convincing the rest of the
family that we aren't crazy will be more difficult. They already think we are a bit careless since last summer I earned my pilots certificate and we flew from Michigan to Cat Island in the
Bahamas this past June in an old Piper Warrior.
Oh yeah, we want to tour the island chain in the
Carribean and the coast of
Central America for a couple years to get significant
experience before heading through the
Panama canal and beyond.
Gotta go.....the clock is ticking!
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