| Have you ever dreamt about sailing away to | | | | experiencing the whole gamut of emotions from the |
| adventure in your own sailboat and exploring the | | | | highs and the lows, the excitement and exultation |
| oceans of this beautiful planet of ours? The | | | | and the pure pleasure and self fulfilment of the |
| excitement, the freedom, the sheer joy of sailing and | | | | achievement, I want to encourage you to get |
| visiting the myriad exotic places along the way? | | | | started sooner rather than later. You know, you |
| Hawaii, The Caribbean, San Blas Islands, South | | | | could dream about making a trip to the Antarctic, or |
| America, The Galapagos Islands, Marquesas, French | | | | climb Mt. Everest, or even take a trip into space, but |
| Polynesia, Tonga, and on to New Zealand and | | | | we know that for most of us this will never happen |
| Australia. These are but a few and the list is endless. | | | | as it is beyond our budget. |
| Can you feel the excitement, following months of | | | | But, you can sail around the world on a modest |
| planning, of finally setting sail on your first passage? | | | | budget and enjoy the most fantastic experiences |
| The exultation of leaving port for the first time on | | | | that will remain everlasting in your memory. Once |
| the first leg of your adventure of a lifetime? Believe | | | | completed you will have these treasured memories |
| me it is a wonderful feeling setting off, knowing that | | | | forever. Wouldn't it be sad to miss all of these |
| you have months ahead of you to sail the oceans | | | | wonderful lifetime experiences just because you |
| with absolutely no restrictions, free to sail where | | | | couldn't get over that first mental hurdle of |
| your fancy takes you. | | | | beginning? My job is to get you over that hurdle. |
| And, as you leave behind you, all those limitations of | | | | My second reason, and this is tied into Global |
| land living - work, the day to day affairs, traffic | | | | Warming and Climate Change. There may be a time |
| congestion, city living, pollution and more - a weight | | | | coming in the future when a trip like this may be |
| will lift away from you and it will be replaced, slowly | | | | more restricted. We have little control over this in the |
| at first, by a growing and wonderful sense of | | | | short term, but we do know right now that we can |
| freedom. As you take the first drafts of fresh air | | | | set sail knowing the weather is still our friend, and are |
| deep into your lungs, filling them to the bottom, you | | | | able to visit all of these wonderful destinations. |
| will come to realize there is no substitute in this world | | | | So now is the time to begin and start your planning - |
| for it. | | | | remember the great Nike tag line? 'Do it Now', don't |
| My reasons, and I have two of them, for getting | | | | put it off - you will never regret beginning and then |
| you started are much more important and personal. | | | | you will wonder why you never started sooner. |
| Having made the trip myself over four years and | | | | |