Puerto Rico is hopefully going to be my tropical paradise home after finishing up work here in the States with TVA. This island is one beautiful place with outdoor activities for the adventurous spirit. Trekking through El Yunque Rainforest, relaxing on sandy beaches, diving on shipwrecks and reefs, playing in waterfalls and kayaking the rivers are just a few examples.
With a little planning and lots of "Let's Get Out There" attitude I should be able to sail the Millennium Falcon down the Tennessee River, into the Tombigbee Waterway, into the Gulf of Mexico and somehow not hit Cuba on my way south. That's the plan. Obviously I need to work on this "plan" some, but I have learned people have the tendency to overplan and overthink everything. "I will do (fill in the blank) when I have the time, money, and so on." If you wait to do something when you are READY the time will never come. Even some of my close friends have told me I was/am crazy for buying a boat not knowing anything about sailing (I do know a little). I still haven't figured out how to run the jib sail! I can get it up, but I am almost certain it is incorrect. So there is much to learn at this point, but what better way to learn than DO IT.
I have only ran the boat aground ONCE so far. I hit another sailboat backing the M Falcon into the slip. The collision was barely a tap, so there was no damage dealt. According to all of my new friends at the Sale Creek Marina everyone has hit another boat, the docks, and the bottom at least once. I feel like I am on par with the whole learning how to skipper a boat dream.
With a little planning and lots of "Let's Get Out There" attitude I should be able to sail the Millennium Falcon down the Tennessee River, into the Tombigbee Waterway, into the Gulf of Mexico and somehow not hit Cuba on my way south. That's the plan. Obviously I need to work on this "plan" some, but I have learned people have the tendency to overplan and overthink everything. "I will do (fill in the blank) when I have the time, money, and so on." If you wait to do something when you are READY the time will never come. Even some of my close friends have told me I was/am crazy for buying a boat not knowing anything about sailing (I do know a little). I still haven't figured out how to run the jib sail! I can get it up, but I am almost certain it is incorrect. So there is much to learn at this point, but what better way to learn than DO IT.
I have only ran the boat aground ONCE so far. I hit another sailboat backing the M Falcon into the slip. The collision was barely a tap, so there was no damage dealt. According to all of my new friends at the Sale Creek Marina everyone has hit another boat, the docks, and the bottom at least once. I feel like I am on par with the whole learning how to skipper a boat dream.