I started taking sailing lessons today, thus beginning my first steps towards the next chapter of my life. It was incredible. I had been on boats before, but this was a completely different experience. It's kinda like that feeling you get when you're a teenager, and you make that transition from being just a passenger in a car to being able to drive it. Only, sailing is about 100x better.
One of my closest friends Ang also signed up too. Having a familiar face around really makes this experience a lot more enjoyable. Plus, if/when I do get my boat, it'll be great having another person onboard who will know what's going on.
Our sailing instructor Cameron had also recently moved out of his apartment and onto his boat with wife. I thought I'd ask him what the process was like; however Cameron's answer wasn't too promising. Basic reader's digest version: A lot of the yacht clubs are being pressured by surrounding wealthy homeowners to no longer allow people to live aboard their vessel. So say a yacht club has 200 slips within the marina, only 10 of them might be live aboard slips. Another thing he mentioned that was somewhat disheartening was that it's taken him and his wife 5 years to find the sailboat they want as well as a slip to dock it in.
Looks like I could be in the Goose a bit longer than originally planned.
One of my closest friends Ang also signed up too. Having a familiar face around really makes this experience a lot more enjoyable. Plus, if/when I do get my boat, it'll be great having another person onboard who will know what's going on.
Our sailing instructor Cameron had also recently moved out of his apartment and onto his boat with wife. I thought I'd ask him what the process was like; however Cameron's answer wasn't too promising. Basic reader's digest version: A lot of the yacht clubs are being pressured by surrounding wealthy homeowners to no longer allow people to live aboard their vessel. So say a yacht club has 200 slips within the marina, only 10 of them might be live aboard slips. Another thing he mentioned that was somewhat disheartening was that it's taken him and his wife 5 years to find the sailboat they want as well as a slip to dock it in.
Looks like I could be in the Goose a bit longer than originally planned.