GregBrannon
Guru
I've lurked here off and on for years as a non-member seeking advice and guidance while I searched for our dream boat and cultivated the finances through feast and famine (mostly famine), sharing the joys of other's successes, and silently supporting and wishing those well who were not celebrating. Sometimes I visited more frequently when it seemed there was no hope our dream would come true, other times less frequently for the same reason.
What a crazy emotional roller coaster ride the journey to a boat purchase can be! It’s exhilarating, scary, exciting, gut wrenching, disappointing; filling one full of doubt one moment and inspiring confidence the next, plus a hundred others, half of them or more experienced during any one day. And the nights!? Who can sleep? There’s so much to do, so many unknowns, so much to learn, plan and accomplish in a relatively short time. Even with years of reading and preparation, there are many new skills to learn and acquire along the way. The experience oscillates between periods of sheer chaos and spells of crushing boredom.
Becoming a member of the forum and writing this intro is happening during the down time between the accepted offer and the survey/sea trial. I want to be doing something, but I’ve done everything I can do. I can’t assume the boat will become ours or that we’re any closer to reaching the end of our search that began many years ago. I can’t declare victory, uncork the bubbly, and share with you all the joy of being a new trawler owner, however short lived it might be, but of course I want to.
So here’s to the little victories along the way. Without recognizing, appreciating, and celebrating the little ones, the ultimate victory would likely never happen. Please join me with the beverage of your choice and raise your glasses to the little victories. Thank you!
The survey is the 9th. It’ll be a busy day, and I’ll be traveling home on the 10th, but I’ll let you all know how it goes when I can.
Be well.
What a crazy emotional roller coaster ride the journey to a boat purchase can be! It’s exhilarating, scary, exciting, gut wrenching, disappointing; filling one full of doubt one moment and inspiring confidence the next, plus a hundred others, half of them or more experienced during any one day. And the nights!? Who can sleep? There’s so much to do, so many unknowns, so much to learn, plan and accomplish in a relatively short time. Even with years of reading and preparation, there are many new skills to learn and acquire along the way. The experience oscillates between periods of sheer chaos and spells of crushing boredom.
Becoming a member of the forum and writing this intro is happening during the down time between the accepted offer and the survey/sea trial. I want to be doing something, but I’ve done everything I can do. I can’t assume the boat will become ours or that we’re any closer to reaching the end of our search that began many years ago. I can’t declare victory, uncork the bubbly, and share with you all the joy of being a new trawler owner, however short lived it might be, but of course I want to.
So here’s to the little victories along the way. Without recognizing, appreciating, and celebrating the little ones, the ultimate victory would likely never happen. Please join me with the beverage of your choice and raise your glasses to the little victories. Thank you!
The survey is the 9th. It’ll be a busy day, and I’ll be traveling home on the 10th, but I’ll let you all know how it goes when I can.
Be well.