The Sailing Adventures of Island Eclipse

                                                                                          Kicking it old school   It's 11:20 Wednesday morning and the deck is awash after a night of motoring into the swell.   We left Youngstown at 1:00am to catch the lull in the weather, it had been blowing 35km/h or more throughout the day and although the light winds rolled in around ten we decided to wait until late to let the swells subside. We spent Tuesday exploring Youngstown. Most of the stores don't open until Wednesday so we just biked around looking for some trouble to get into.   We explored a number of parks until we found the one with the best climbing trees for Henry to hone his skills on.  Although...

                                                                                             In the Blind Sailing is not for the faint of hearts, and it's definitely not for those in a rush.  It has it's ups and it's downs, it can be a hard slog on tough seas through rain and sleet or it can be a calm anchorage on a beach.  To be a sailor at heart you have to find the best in both to make it worth while because living only for the good days isn't enough. Almost every cruising story anyone's ever told me starts with their worst moment, their moment of perseverance, the moment they overcame the odds and succeeded.  Those sailors who have no stories of such epic moments to tell probably never left the doc...