This blog is intended for all those sailors out there who aren't sailors yet. It's for all those sailors out there who love to laugh with other sailors. And it's for sailors out there who want to learn from and be inspired by other sailors' mistakes and triumphs.
My boyfriend, John, and I recently bought a sailboat. The idea is that we can learn to sail together on a smaller scale here in New Mexico, and then eventually move to a coast and become cruisers/liveaboards. New Mexico seems like a funny place to start this journey, but it's actually following the family tradition.
My parents both grew up in Wisconsin. They moved to Colorado in their early 20s and that's where they met. They became ski instructors and were loving the ski bum life. Eventually (around my dad's fourth knee surgery or so) they realized that they might not want to teach skiing all their lives. Around the same time, they came across an article about living and raising a family aboard a sailboat. They thought this was a great idea. So, they bought a 26' Balboa and taught themselves how to sail on Lake Dillon and Lake Powell. A few years later they moved my sister and I aboard our 41' Gulfstar and made their way to the Atlantic. They still live aboard today.
And, so, here it is, 30 years later, and I'm following in my parents footsteps. Starting small on desert lakes and hoping to move to the big water some day.
