Thanks


Back to the creature comforts of home and the welcoming arms of my lovely Alison.
Thanks for all the lovely emails sent to me and comments that were posted to my blog . You may have gathered that I was not receiving either whilst I was at sea but since getting back online I have had a chance to read them all. It is comforting to know that I have friends and family that took an interest in my trip.
I shouldn't be surprised at how quickly one's mind and body returns back to life at home, since this is not the first long trip I have had the privilege of taking, but seeing the familiar, dealing with the post and bills and catching up on the personal news from Alison and my parents all pull you back into 'reality' much quicker than expected. SO now I can talk of the trip in hindsight as if it was a long time ago and so the memory chooses to forget the details of the 'bad' parts and focuses on the general.
The trip had it's problematic moments but they were really superficial in their nature. The boat was always solid and safe and so there was never any doubt of our safety but when the tiller comes off, the autopilot fails, having to hand steer for 48 hours, rudders misaligned and scrapping the hull, leaking joints and breaking lines makes for interesting stories. Most of the trip was a lovely routine of watching the sea, eating, and sleeping.
Though Jonathan's cautious, patient nature clashed with my spontaneous, impatient and impulsive character we got on really well and he was a marvel at coming up with solutions for the stream of little problems we had.
I am really very pleased that I did the trip. Before the trip I was not sure if at the end of it I would ever want to go on another yacht again but the trip has only highlighted how much I do want to do more long distance sailing. Trans Atlantic to the Caribbean and a bit of island hoping is definitely something I would like to do in the future. A nice heavy, long keeled, ocean cruiser with some of the comforts of home would be the boat of choice. Not sure how I am going to get Alison convinced since she was feeling queasy with the just the thought of bouncing over the waves. We'll see.
Thanks again for the comments and for reading.
Back home with Alsion.

Comments

Anonymous said…
HI Brian, hope to get this. I need your email. I would like to find out more about the water from Woolies. Steph said there was a problem. I have asked her for your email but she has forgotten and is in France right now so I will have to wait to see if you get this. My email: seamor@mwb.co.za
Hope to speak to you soon.
Love Jenny
9:21 am
Anonymous said…
Did it again, I type too fast. thats mweb.co.za
Jenny
9:24 am
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