why sailing

On a lighter note, to regain our sense of humor and show the outrageously funny side of sailing. My husband always tells this funny story about this guy he knew and sailing. My husband got the story second hand,anyway. This guy was an experienced sailor and he had a date he wanted to impress.This girl had never been sailing before and most definately did not know the lingo that goes with sailing. Well as the story goes, they were having a lovely afternoon sailing. This guy needed to change jibs. He headed the boat into the wind and left the girl at the tiller with instructions to hold the boat heading into the wind until he was finished changing sails. Well, she had just gotten the hang of keeping the boat into the wind when this guy started yelling at her to fall off. She thought it a ridiclious request, but he was so adamant about it, so she did just that- she fell off the boat. Now if you would like to know how my husband got this experienced sailor to jump off a sailboat, read my book SAILING SHIPS AND THEE.(you can get it at amazon, tate publishing, or your local book store).

why sailing

Let me back up a little about my dad, and give you some background on his passion for sailing. He was first exposed to boating in general on the great lakes where his relatives would invite them often for summer vacation. later his relative, who worked as a purser, would be lost at sea aboard ship caught in a storm on the great lakes.This incident did not deter him. He signed up for scientific staff aboard the Yacht Carnegie. The Carnegie was a 150foot brigantine-rigged sailing vessel. She was specially built nonmagnetic ship, designed and built by Carnegie Institute, for research. It was aboard this ship that his passion for sailing began along with his desire to sail around the world on his own boat. I remember as a child him telling me about sailing on the Carnegie. She blew up in 1929. Gasoline fumes in the bilge ignited.It is hard sometimes to fathom that my dad learned so much from the sailors aboard the Carnegie, but he did and the crew must have been terrific sailors.
His passion was inherited by me-Meg

why sailing

I am new at this bloging- so a sense of humor would be appreciated.

Why sailing? Was the question of my marketing representative.Her question struck a chord with me, as somehow I had thought everyone would know the answer.( a chuckle emiting from readers would be ok at this point) But, then I knew she was looking for the origin of my passion for sailing expressed in the book I wrote( Sailing Ships and Thee). My father was the one who passed on this legacey of sailing as I also realize my husband's father started the same passion for sailing burning in his heart. And how do I know my dad and my husband's dad passed on their legacey? It is because each of them passed on, yes a passion for sailing in general, but the specific or limit on sailing was passed on too--crusing for me, racing for my husband.

You see my dad's goal in life was to sail around the world while my husband's dad wanted( as he told me) to win every race no matter what boat he was sailing. Did they accomplish their dream for sailing?

Oops- I just heard the dryer buzzer go off-I have to get back to you later!