Why did I become a blogger? Originally I started to blog so my family, friends and potential crew members could keep track of what I was up to once I leave for Mexico and Central America. As everything else on a cruising Sailboat, you need to practice and test systems and applications before you head off to some foreign country that you don't understand or speak their language very well (does dos mas cerveza count?). I have found with blogging that it you don't post blogs regularly people will not check your blog regularly either. As you may know, I now post blogs often and I feel that people are now following me. Yesterday I was accused on Facebook of posting "wimpy " posts, by a former childhood friend who now spends most of his life in a bar drinking (sad) seems that taking a 41 foot sailboat on a two week local trip is "wimpy", but sitting in a bar is manly, (whatever). As I am preparing to head south I hope my blog gives you an idea of what it is like for a regular dude to prepare himself and his boat for both living aboard and cruising, I hope that it may help some other person dreaming of cruising to prepare, I hope it will give someone an idea of a nice place to visit, whether that place is Catalina, Dana Point (pic) or somewhere in Mexico or Costa Rica (you don't need to sail to them), and I hope it will inspire you to follow your dreams...whatever they may be.
One nice thing about Facebook is that you can delete the comment....and the person.