wannabe world sailor

The Vision

2010-11-22T03:13:00.000-08:00

Wanderer, My Morgan 33 OI is ready to sail. Stored on a plot of uncut grass that costs me $250/month.
It would cost me much less to be sailing it each month. It is a good solid comfortable
but dated live aboard sailboat with all the essentials. It could use some cosmetics
like paint here and there better cushions a little cleaning and a little varnish
but she is very seaworthy with good sails and new solar panel and new wind turbine to
provide more than enough power for the fridge radios computers etc.
I have done precious little open ocean travel and that is where I crave to be going.
In fact I plan to go right around the globe in slo mo. I am not in a hurry,
I want to smell all the roses at every stop along the way. I do not want to be a tourist.
I want to be a live in visitor. Live on the boat but spend all kinds of time on foreign exotic
shores without any time restraints except perhaps those restraints that weather
may impose, and those, I gladly tolerate. I never want to endure rush hour traffic again
nor travel half my life from stop light to stop light forever!!!
The simple basic tropic sea life becons.
I crave to be basic, give up wearing a watch and give up clothes.Give up having to sell
the minutes of my life for money to pay taxes taxes and mortgage and gas. No more insurance.
No more deadlines, cars or licenses. The trivia of civilization that clutters our lives will be history.
Seafood is not only healthy but plentiful in the tropics and the wind
is totally free to drive the boat and provide power. Most of the 6 billion people on this
globe live simple lives. Simple food and simple shelter. And yes they are POOR by western
standards BUT they are also FREE of the constant pressure to earn and burn more resources.
And most are healthier for it. Free from the too much too rich diets of fast food and over
processed food that is killing westerners by the millions.

2010-11-22T01:52:00.000-08:00

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do, than by the things you did do.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.....

Mark Twain

my sentiment exactly

2010-11-13T00:59:00.000-08:00

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has courage to lose sight of the shore. - Andre Gide

so true

2010-09-10T23:34:00.000-07:00

For as long as mankind has memory, man has been entranced by the sea. The need to know what lies beyond the next wave and over the far horizon is pervasive. Ask any group about their fantasies and someone will tell you of a vision of tropical blue skies, balmy breezes, ever-gentle waves and sailing to exotic ports

Starting out

2010-08-20T15:45:00.000-07:00

Well my heart has been with going sailing indefinitely all over the world and eventually circumnavigate. Got the boat over a year ago. Did some upgrading and fixing. It is never ending just like a house.Always can use something new or fix something old. Now looking for experienced crew or go crewing myself to gain more experience. So I am all over the web checking different sites that cater to crewing