Challenge, Adventure and Fun on Land and Sea
Challenge, Adventure and Fun on Land and Sea
Bob the Boater’s Blog
I am a retired clinical psychologist who has spent his professional
life treating adults, particularly male veterans, supervising graduate
psychology students and doing some formal teaching. Sailing has been my
primary recreation and so in my retirement, needing additional income,
I developed a website and webstore, www.mountains-and-seas.com,
selling boating and camping equipment. In this blog I propose to
recount my sailing adventures , reporting on the challenges, the joys
and also on the mistakes I’ve made and describing the products in my
webstore and their uses. Also I will occasionally report on my few
camping experiences.
I have been a boater, primarily a sailor, for over thirty years. I
have taught sailing and been a leader in local boating groups. Most of
my boating has been done on lakes and along the coast, but I have also
done a moderate amount of blue water sailing. Sailing has been a
challenge, a source alternatively of relaxation, excitement and
pleasure.
In the late 1960’s I first went sailing in Maine’s Penobscot Bay and I
can tell you that the water is cold. Jumping in is a good way to test
your heart. If you don’t die of shock, you’re in good shape. While it
was not a consideration in our move to Gainesville, Florida, the sailing
season there is much longer than it is in Maine. My next sailing
experience was on a local lake noted for its shallow water, muck-filled
bottom and its alligators and snakes. Staying in the boat on that lake
is very important! I was hooked and I’ve subsequently come to believe
that sailing can become an addiction, albeit a healthy one. Addiction
or not in any case I’ve frequently felt the “need” to go sailing.
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