In article .com,
wrote:

I guess I have to admit it, I am a failure at cruising. With my son, I
did manage to get from Carabelle in N. FL to Sarasota in three seperate
trips in which I left the boat in marinas for a month between trips.

Heck, you hardly have gotten started! As with anything, practice,
practice, practice!

Used to be that I'd be thinking about work the whole trip, up to a
couple of weeks. After a decade or two of mostly weekend trips, work
disappears as we leave the dock, sometimes on the car ride.

Others like the immersion technique, months at a time. We haven't had
the luxury.

You will kick yourself if you don't do what you can when you can. (cf
the Twain quote elsewhere in the thread.)

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

I don't s'pose I really need to point out the logical fallacy in the
Twain quote. Twain was a great writer but might've failed logic 101.

Jere Lull wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

I guess I have to admit it, I am a failure at cruising. With my
son, I
did manage to get from Carabelle in N. FL to Sarasota in three
seperate
trips in which I left the boat in marinas for a month between
trips.

Heck, you hardly have gotten started! As with anything, practice,
practice, practice!

Used to be that I'd be thinking about work the whole trip, up to a
couple of weeks. After a decade or two of mostly weekend trips, work
disappears as we leave the dock, sometimes on the car ride.

Others like the immersion technique, months at a time. We haven't had

the luxury.

You will kick yourself if you don't do what you can when you can. (cf

the Twain quote elsewhere in the thread.)

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
Xan's Pages: http://members.dca.net/jerelull/X-Main.html
Our BVI FAQs (290+ pics) http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/

On 2 Apr 2005 08:48:52 -0800, wrote:

Every time I was on the boat for a day or so, my mind would begin to
race with things I want to try at work I invent weird x-ray optics for
a living) so I was unable to relax to enjoy the cruise.

You make it sound like a bad thing. Do you ever get ideas in the shower? Have
you stopped showering because you get ideas there?

I'm a consulting engineer/inventor too. I consider the new ideas I get while
sailing/driving/showering/whatever a bonus, not a detriment. The only thing
that can reduce my relaxation is the concern that I might forget an idea, so I
always carry a PDA or notepad so I can quickly write/draw/record new ideas, then
get back to whatever else I'm doing. Maybe one of the ideas you get while
sailing will pay off so you can get a better boat and/or do even more sailing
someday.

--
Chuck Cox - SynchroSystems
, , www.synchro.com
(my email address is politician-proof, just remove the PORK)

On 2 Apr 2005 20:22:47 -0800, wrote:

I am sure that some people manage to do work that they love and
cruise at the same time but for most of us it is more difficult.

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I have done a lot of cruising over 35 years or so, most of it in 2 or
3 week stretches as vacations permitted. That's about to change as I
get close to retirement but I have generally found that I am plenty
busy enough just keeping up with boat chores and maintenance.

Unless you settle down in one place and become a "liveaboard" as
opposed to a "cruiser", I can't personally imagine having enough time
to actually earn a living. Pocket change maybe, but serious "make a
living" money seems unlikely to me. Even with highly marketable
skills, you usually need to establish a reputation for competence and
reliability which is hard to do if you are constantly on the go, and
taking care of your own boat at the same time.