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New Years Resolutions: Sailing-Related Goals for 2014
2. Learn about and obtain general license for Ham Radio; and
3. Sail directly to Block Island/Eastern L.I. in longer coastal hop from Norfolk or Cape May.
The steps I have taken so far:
1. Bought all materials and started reading.
2. Checked out library books, read licensing requirements and started reading.
3. Continuing to improve boat to make it more seaworthy and capable.
my new year resolution as a newbie to sailing is to put all my efforts into learning to sail as i want to travel but i have my ownset of challenges to overcome as a blind person wanting to liveaboard and sail is a challenge for me i and while i am learning i am looking to join as crew to gain experience
1. Send an email using my SSB and Pactor modem: I have never used them before
2. Download a OPC weather analysis chart via SSB
3. 3 week cruise to MV in June-use my windvane to steer: never actually used it before
4. Figure out a way to lure my son to the boat for a weekend sail.
1. finish making cosmetic gelcote repairs using the preval sprayer
2. launch boat and go on a 2 week cruise this spring
3. finish in the top 3 for my age group in the Virginia Ten Miler
4. go for a 2 week cruise this fall
Sail more! I especially set this goal once I added up how much my boat costs me and found that I spend more on it than the house (including utilities).
Resolution for this year is the same as always .... Try not to make any resolutions so that I am not disappointed when they are not kept!!!!! just trying to keep it real still ... and of course a lot of sailing after new rigging is done .....
Before the boat goes in the water, I hope to have all the topside decks and cockpit painted and looking like new. Also have a leak to find and fix, probably some of the toe rail screws need sealing, or maybe a stanchion bolt.
Still have to repair the port rub rail where some idiot hit me with a four foot wake while I was fueling up and slammed me into the fuel dock pilings. If I ever find the bastard I'll sink his boat.
When warmer weather arrives, I have a pretty full work schedule, with music jobs nearly every day. But, I have scheduled a coupe two-week sails for summer, plus a dozen or two 2 to 3-day sails in the Chesapeake.
Hopefully, when 2015 arrives, if all my body parts are still semi functional, I hope to be the oldest person to ever traverse the east coast ICW single handed from the upper Chesapeake to Key West. My wife says if I do she's going to divorce me, and I told her not to make any promises she doesn't intend to keep. What the Hell, I've always wanted to be a live-aboard, especially in the Florida Keys.
Sail where the wind takes us, on the winds schedule.
Never miss a perfect sailing day.
Look at the sky, the wind, the birds, the waves, listen to the water rushing by while sitting on the lee rail, tell tails back, …take none of this for granted.
How lucky we all are.
Not quite sure if I made any resolution when I started 2013 except spending more time on Lake Ontario fishing salmon after trading in the boat I had for one slightly larger and configuring it to my liking and finding other exotic locations for upcoming warm water scuba diving trips. Nevertheless, not only did I live up to them, but my GF also decided to pursue her pleasure craft operator's card as well as getting certified, along with myself, for operating VHF Marine radios. Well, one thing led to another and I finally decided to pursue a dream of eventually being able to combine Carribean scuba diving with sailing (live aboard). So, in the summer months, my GF, myself and another scuba diving couple registered for a fall Basic Sailing cruising course which was completed in mid-October and, in late Nov 2013, I purchased a C&C 27 to start building our sailing and liveaboard experience before we eventually upgrade to something larger.
So in terms of 2014 sailing resolutions:
1) complete the web-based coastal navigation course (already on the go) by end of Feb 2014;
2) devote some time toward boat related off season projects (attempt to fix a leak of the compass for the binnacle or purchased a new one, re-install it and in the process move the chartplotter from binnacle to arch), replace the hanks of one of the headsails with slugs so it can be mounted on the furler, VHF radio and additional GPS in the cabin, etc;
3) spend most of my summer weekends and free time to sail/live aboard in order to build on experience to support an Intermediate Cruising course (bareboat certification) during summer of 2015.
Well now you ruined it for me, for real my goal is to drink more beer! I have been so absorbed with work on the house, I have had no social life. So I need to get out and drink more. But drinking beer can be RELEVANT to sailing.
I think that works..
Specific. (beer)
Measurable(how much beer)
Achievalbe(unless you live in a dry county then go visiting)
R(whatever. relevent beer sailing yeah Ill back you up there)
T[ime](daily)
IMHO, many goals are either bogus, since they aren't really defined, or fail to be reached becaused they aren't properly defined. SMART goals can really help you.
Continue to learn.
Somehow shorten the maintenance/to-do list to get ready for longer trips.
SOLO to Cape Lookout.
SOLO to Ocracoke.
Teach the Admiral as much as I can.
More overnights on the boat.
Get a dinghy so that nut dog of ours can enjoy long trips.
Last year I set a goal to finally charter in the Caribbean. Looks like it's going to happen in May this year, at least deposits are made and tickets bought.
I would also like to make a decision about what to do about the cosmetics of my boat. It really looks scruffy, but why spend thousands to make a seven thousand dollar boat look pretty?
And finally, find a cheap cello I can take aboard and practice while sailing.
John
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