[Orion48]

Aloha,
My husband is from Hawaii and when we met he told me of living aboard at ala wai yacht harbor and going to the University of Hawaii- I was intrigued. Flash forward 20 years and we are living aboard a 48 ft ketch in KoOlina Hawaii.
Where are you living? Can you get local sailing experience Some times it is wiser to think about doing this a step at a time- Have you thought about share the sails as a family to see if this is something all of you can do? There are many opportunities to pay to be included on a leg of someone''s cruise- Being afraid of the Sea is not a stopper in my opinion...as a cautious person by nature I think it is good to have both attributes in a sailing couple- My neighbor in the next slip hates swimming, hates the fish in the water but has cruised all over the south pacific happily because as she points out the cruising part of it is really minimal and the spending a month or two at anchor in unusual countries is most of it- That''s what she likes-
I am leaving in a few days -doing a passage from here to SanFransisco for the experience... on another boat to help crew - without my husband- he is delighted and I''m not going to lie and say that I am not apprehensive but I think it is important to add to my knowledge base-
My husband has shared my dreams and made them his own the way I am doing with his dreams...
Fear keeps you safe...
excessive fear keeps you from experiencing lifes joys-
Pat on ORION