[dailywarren]

Dude, I'm in a similar boat as you (add 8 years of dotardism!) but I just want to say I like your style. Don't quit. Keep posting. Hit the docks. Do whatever it takes. My best experience was aboard the schooner Seaward. I had to pay them, but the transit from San Diego to San Francisco was the highlight of my life (is my wife reading this? I hope not!). At the helm I steered right between two whales so close you could see the pupils of their eyes. It ended with us sailing underneath the Golden Gate Bridge on Memorial Day. If you don't mind coughing up a TINY bit of dough (about $700 for a week on board) I recommend: Call of the Sea - Home
Fair winds, brother.

 

[dailywarren]

Try this. Current sailing expeditions aboard the 82' schooner Seaward. Good people, good ship, GREAT voyage: Welcome to Seaward Adventures!

 

[dailywarren]

You'd like me, I have references

Allan and I share the same attitude. You can contact Capt. Rick Whiting ([email protected]) to verify that I'm a stop-that-man-from-scrubbing-the-galley type of guy. Being stuck in the Midwest (wife with a great job) and growing up in a construction company instructed me in the discipline of work. I like all the same things everyone else likes - free boat rides, tired pirate movie quotes, etc. - but I realized the fundamental lesson of ocean cruising early on: if you don't stay busy you go clinically insane in about 14 hours.
I'm also very much a Missouri Show-Me up front guy who's not afraid to provide a criminal background or even a waiver or indemnity bonding.
In short, if you need a crewman please consider me (and Allan!)
Kindly,
Spencer Warren

 

[dailywarren]

Dude! Sorry about the foot.

That blows. What do you ride anyway? I cruise around on a '96 Honda Magna VF 750 Deeeeeeeelux! And just because it's purple and white doesn't mean I'm gay ... not that I'm unwilling to learn. It's a screamer too: 4 carbs, 4 pipes, basically a racing engine stuck on a cruiser's frame.
Heal up, pup! And keep us in the loop, Snoop.
Spencer