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Forum: Challenges 23-03-2019, 16:13
Replies: 128
Views: 29,271
Posted By JPA Cate
Re: Sailing and Aging

Or, you could get a bike helmet. There are a number of sailors who wear various types of crash protection.

Ann
Forum: Challenges 26-11-2018, 22:09
Replies: 128
Views: 29,271
Posted By JPA Cate
Re: Sailing and Aging

Jim loc-tited ours in, and it has not broken since, about 2, maybe 3 yrs. ago.

Ann
Forum: Challenges 22-08-2018, 20:58
Replies: 128
Views: 29,271
Posted By JPA Cate
Re: Sailing and Aging

Loc-tite. Also, keep a few on hand, that usually keeps one from needing the spare! It's kinda frustrating at times. :redface:

Add on by Jim: I just posted in another thread that we broke a...
Forum: Challenges 17-07-2018, 17:19
Replies: 128
Views: 29,271
Posted By JPA Cate
Re: Sailing and Aging

For anyone interested, in the '70's, a book came out, written by a father in his twenties, iirc, who had metastacized cancer, it's title: "How Can I Not Be Among You." You may be able to find a...
Forum: Challenges 16-07-2018, 13:57
Replies: 128
Views: 29,271
Posted By JPA Cate
Re: Sailing and Aging

One of the big emotional jobs of aging is accepting one's own inevitable death. It is something that takes time, and adjustments for strengths that diminish. One tends to regret what one has...
Forum: Challenges 12-07-2018, 15:18
Replies: 128
Views: 29,271
Posted By JPA Cate
Re: Sailing and Aging

@Bentwings:

"Mayday, mayday, maday. This is the vessel [name of boat], position [give both the lat/long and the description, name of closest town or geographical feature]. We have a medical...
Forum: Challenges 29-06-2018, 20:55
Replies: 128
Views: 29,271
Posted By JPA Cate
Re: Sailing and Aging

Hello, bpfox,

Sorry to hear it's getting painful to tie up the boat. Have you considered wearing a wrist brace, for just then? Also, there are long acting acetaminophen tablets that are...
Forum: Challenges 18-06-2018, 14:04
Replies: 128
Views: 29,271
Posted By JPA Cate
Re: Sailing and Aging

Someone else wrote about keeping flexible.

We have two friends who do yoga, one of whom swims almost every morning of her life, as well. Those two, the first kept her mobility past 80, the...
Forum: Challenges 17-06-2018, 16:05
Replies: 128
Views: 29,271
Posted By JPA Cate
Re: Sailing and Aging

It's not always "easy." So far, it has seemed that while moving ashore might provide some creature comforts, or make some things easier, I ask myself if life would be better for me without the...
Forum: Challenges 16-06-2018, 15:39
Replies: 128
Views: 29,271
Posted By JPA Cate
Re: Sailing and Aging

I'm going to add a PS, here to Jim's post, cheeky witch that I am!

I wanted to add that we treasure the freedom of our lifestyle, and that has tended to make us find ways to make it work for...
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