They say the happiest days of boat ownership is when you buy and when you sell. I sold my h22 today. I have mixed emotions but wouldn't say its one of my happiest days of ownership. No the happiest days were always when out sailing - whether it was all going right or all going wrong. Thats what sailing is - my happy days. I will miss my 'Inara' we had many adventures together. I sold her to move on to a bigger boat.
I want to thank all who have helped me along, answered my questions, and provided encouragement. I won't go far and I will check back in.
I leave you with these thoughts:
The gods do not deduct from a man's allotted life span, those days spent sailing. ~ Ancient proverb
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
To me, nothing made by man is more beautiful than a sailboat under way in fine weather, and to be on that sailboat is to be as close to heaven as I expect to get. It is unalloyed happiness.
"The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective."
-Henry David Thoreau
I want to thank all who have helped me along, answered my questions, and provided encouragement. I won't go far and I will check back in.
I leave you with these thoughts:
The gods do not deduct from a man's allotted life span, those days spent sailing. ~ Ancient proverb
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
To me, nothing made by man is more beautiful than a sailboat under way in fine weather, and to be on that sailboat is to be as close to heaven as I expect to get. It is unalloyed happiness.
"The sail, the play of its pulse so like our own lives: so thin and yet so full of life, so noiseless when it labors hardest, so noisy and impatient when least effective."
-Henry David Thoreau
maybe I can just come down and enjoy yours??? 
