7 -11 is supposed to be a lucky number. I consider it a personal independence day. In 1995 I was let go from my employer. My wife was an at home mom and we had just built a new house on our lake lot 2 years earlier. I came home to find her and her mom having lunch. She of course was wondering why I was home so early. I informed her that "It was my lucky day, I've been relieved of my job with the bank and I can look forward to being my own boss now." That didn't go over to well then, but it sure has turned out for the better. We never had to sell the house and I have been self employed ever since.
So what does this have to do with Sailing? In 4 years, 7/11/11, We expect to have sold our house and land based possessions and be living on a 40 - 44' boat and begin our life cruising and living aboard. We will leave from Milwaukee that day, just 25 miles from our current home. We will head to the Caribbean for the first winter and either work our way back North in 2012 or South to Brazil. After a few years of that, should we still be in the mood. We will be headed thru the Panama Canal and on to the West Coast. Sooner or later heading to the Galapagos Islands. If that goes well, we head around this big rock for some exploration.
Next week I am going to go take a look at a Tayana 42. I'm not sure we are ready to make a purchase now but there is one for sale on Lake Superior and I am going to be in the area for business, might as well check it out. We looked at one in Ft Lauderdale this past Easter and Katie fell in love with it. I would also like to show her some Valiant 40s. There is a lot of time to look. We are just now putting together a road map/time
line of what needs to be done between now and 7 '11 to make this dream come true.
I just wanted to share our little anniversary and what I call an Anticipaversary, for our event to come on this date.
Jeff
