why sailing( sailing ships and thee)

We have been painting the inside of our house- or should I say my husband and son have been doing the painting I have been taking on the role of decorater. Boy ,these blistering hot days remind me of our trips to Bermuda and living aboared during the summer.As I recall the trips to Bermuda, espescially the long ones, were particulerly hot with lots of storms. Coming into St. Georges harbor was always exciting and the anticipation of the harbor was great fun. On a long trip we would take bets on our arrival time with a promise to the winner a dish of rum and raisen ice cream from Robertson's phamacy which also served the best hambergers. Delcious,thick hambergers with a slice of Bermuda onion and all the trimings. My parents sailboat and Bermuda became my second home. Sailing to Bermuda became an experience some of which you can read about in my book-- Sailing Ships And Thee--like getting struck by lightning or the hurricane we encoutered. There was also a tropical that pushed us incredily close to Diamond Shoales off North Carolina. Most of all ,it is the first time I saw the green flash . When the sunsets and you have an unobstructed view of the horizon, as the top of the sun just kisses the horizon there is a green flash.It is one of the most amazing things I have seen.I know there is a scientific explanation for it(my father was a physicist), but it makes you realize there is a God.meg

why sailing?

As I had mentioned before, my father left a legacy of sailing. I seem to be the only one of his girls that inherited his love of sailing. He taught me everything I know about sailing. He was a natural teacher and not only taught me, but any crew member who was willing to learn. Teaching maintence of boats was critical to him, especialy since our sailboat was wooden. We made about 8 trips to Bernuda.The last trip was the first leg in their trip around the world and Bermuda would be the culmination of the trip. Going to Bermuda was a good shake down cruise. It took us anywhere from 5 to 15 days to go from the Chesapeake Bay to Bermuda. The trip lenght was dependent on the weather and we encoutered all kinds of weather! I know this blog seems a bit rambling, but I would like to use it as a springboard for several topics, So if you can hang in there, soom you will see...... I would like to talk about Bermuda, my summer home; the weather,the green flash; boat maintance......