I had a visitor to our dock last summer that was 93 and still boating. Mind you he went to the “Dark Side” when he turned 90.
Times Up?
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jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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I now have new hope that I'll be able to cruise with Terry.
Just a few years behind you.....Sailing season is over and now getting ready for ski season...as a retired career firefighter/medic I often had several other jobs when off shift. I've retired 3 times...Now my only job is shuttling grandchildren, attending sporting events sitting them with my bride ( can't say BABY SITTING the older ones take umbrage ). My greatest fear is loosing the edge by dialing it back, so it's still full tilt....
jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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And not to slight anyone, Michael, I still look forward to learning more about the beautiful sailing waters surrounding your home. Many dark ales are waiting for us to discover after sailing on the magic waters.
Twenty years ago, Sue and I took my mom, her brother, her sister and brother-in-law for a day sail. I was 45 years old at the time and the average age of the "crew" was 78.33.
As we approached the dock, my uncle [96] and uncle-in-law [94] were both standing on the rail with dock lines and stepped off for a perfect tie off. Given my ancestry, I hope to have a few more decades in me.
As we approached the dock, my uncle [96] and uncle-in-law [94] were both standing on the rail with dock lines and stepped off for a perfect tie off. Given my ancestry, I hope to have a few more decades in me.
jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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Any Hadley updates to share? I'm hoping to spend some water time around the islands this Thanksgiving, 11/28-12/1.
jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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Interesting. I am in Salem and have been neglecting the boat. Still need to resolve the companion way ladder. I'll look at the logistics. If I had to say today it is likely not ready. I'll put my mind onto the subject.
Times up? No spring chicken here, which included some earlier contemplation of putting Belle-Vie on the market. But that urge came and went much like one has with a bout of diarrhea, or IBS. So now looking forward to another cruising season with John on S/V Hadley. Our little flotilla has a strong desire to cruise north of the Gulf Islands, all new to Hadley. No more rocks, or excuses, just let's do it.
Desolation Sound tops our current cruise plan, with lots of pics and video clips to follow.. Must make it for Hadley's sake, and John's sanity.
Desolation Sound tops our current cruise plan, with lots of pics and video clips to follow.. Must make it for Hadley's sake, and John's sanity.
Now that I am retired, I am just getting started. I don't have plans beyond loading the boat with food, grabbing our passports and seeing where the wind takes us. I prefer it that way.
jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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Well, congrats on Retirement. It is a good thing.
Yes, we are heading North, with positive thoughts. If you see us join in. Awaiting the time Terry is free from the school bus in June.
That reminds me, I saw a movie the other day about a bus driver responding to bring a class of elementary students out of a fire and to their parents. Hoping your trips are a bit less chaotic.
Yes, we are heading North, with positive thoughts. If you see us join in. Awaiting the time Terry is free from the school bus in June.
That reminds me, I saw a movie the other day about a bus driver responding to bring a class of elementary students out of a fire and to their parents.
Hoping your trips are a bit less chaotic.My retirement plan is to sail until I don't come back.
We are heading home from Tucson the first of April and will be home my mid-month. I then need to install my windlass and do the Round Whidbey Race and after that I have no fixed plans.
This will be my 20th year of “no fixed plans” since I retired. We have spent at least two months and as many as five months out on the boat every summer. It’s a great life!
Interesting, Michael. This is my twentieth year as a school bus driver since retiring after 31 years. If you get great joy from what you do, why stop. I've worked all my life and will do so until my age/health forces me to quit. Plus, wonderful pleasure from sailing during our summer break and all the other weekly breaks we get; winter, mid-winter, spring, etc. Like school bus driving, I'll keep doing it until I have to stop for the same reasons; another nine years to go.
As I recall, you contemplated selling your boat for health reasons, but have recovered, which is great. It's hard to give up something you love doing. So, maybe John and I will see you as we head north this summer, likely toward the end of June? Although we've talked about it, we have yet to attend the lamb fest. Maybe this year? What do you think?
I really hope to see you guys again this summer and I hope you get up here for the BBQ. July 1 is on a Wednesday this year so the crowds will likely be a little smaller so lots of room for your boats.
I understand about staying busy with things you love to do. I have been considering finding another job so that I have somewhere to go for a rest. On small islands with limited populations you can get volunteered to death!
jssailem
SBO Weather and Forecasting Forum Jim & John
- Oct 22, 2014
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Especially if you're good at doing things...
It is a blessing and a curse.
Never sure which one it is.
My retirement plans center around robbing a museum of valuable Renaissance art in the Neatherlands, where prisons are more humane and come with full medical. I either get away with it and am rich enough to enjoy living however I wish, or I am caught and taken care of better than US social security.
-Will (just kidding. I would never do anything like that
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