We
learned so many lessons, loved every moment, and were confident that this was indeed the life we wanted to live. Every day
spent aboard was like a vacation, and in the end, we successfully followed what I consider the three most important rules
about sailing. We kept the boat in the water, kept ourselves in the boat, and didn’t hit anything.
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The
season ended and boo-hoo day arrived too soon. That year we experienced the full gamut of emotions induced by sailing.
There was terror (fire on board, a near sinking, dragging anchor in rising winds), boredom (where is the wind, another hand
of cards) and exhilaration (riding on 6' waves, burying a rail, sleeping under the stars).
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