It's still Sunday evening...but I'm trying to catch up on my blog. Alarms are set for o'dark hundred. Yes, that's slang for long before the sun comes up...or just too plain early. (face lighting up into a smile even as I think about it) That's like saying one can get up too early on Christmas morning, only difference there's time to nap on Christmas day.
We will load up and drive the five hours to Shamrock Quay on the coast. It's almost surreal. I have been planning and preparing for this for three months and working on improving my sailing skills on vacations over the last two years, but after spending a few days with our Skipper and Captain Brian Dixon the amount of thought, time and planning he has put into this voyage is almost unfathomable to me. Only a yachtsman or yachtswoman (in the true sense of the word) who has spent their entire life sailing or taken a "voyage" could understand.
In less than two months I will have added over 3-thousand nautical miles to my sailing log. I know I will have an entirely different perspective of sailing, weather reports, charts, and navigation but hope that no matter to what level I master sailing - even someday to the point it all comes as natural as breathing - that I will still keep my love for the built-in sense of order and discipline that's required for true seamanship.
Wow! This is so amazing! My ballet teacher did this years ago! She and her husband and children sailed for over 2 years! Can't wait to hear all about your adventures!
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