kokopelliTim
Senior Member
Well, even after years with trawlers, enjoying all that a trawler gives, and really having fun with my Prairie 29.....
I STILL love sailing and truly miss not having a sailboat.
There, I said it.
I began boating on sailboats and sailed for the first 15 years of my boating life.
Ive owned small sailboats and up to a Hunter 33. I love sailing.
I love the feel of the wind simply blowing me and moving the boat calmly across the water.
Yet, 10 years ago I moved to trawlers and when I lived aboard I thrilled at the space, "above ground" living of a trawler and the feel of the power, generator, space to live and spread my life around the boat.
But as these days of self isolation and virus attack......I look online and find boats for sell that Ive loved and desired to own.
I dream of sailing again (yes, I have a sailing dinghy, but really not the same, and yes, I have friends who sail....but they do not sail like I do )
So I lust, dream and ponder about sailing again. I even lurk on a sailing forum.
But I do not fool myself. I got out of sailing because i found I motored more than actually sailed (unless it was a lazy afternoon just to sail around....if I was on a journey...I needed to move and not wait for the wind)
It is much more work to sail instead of starting a nice engine and simply moving.
A trawler has so much space, liveaboard room, and i love the upper helm so very much.
BUT, I still love sailing and dream of sailing again.
Thank you for allowing me to confess.
Tim
I STILL love sailing and truly miss not having a sailboat.
There, I said it.
I began boating on sailboats and sailed for the first 15 years of my boating life.
Ive owned small sailboats and up to a Hunter 33. I love sailing.
I love the feel of the wind simply blowing me and moving the boat calmly across the water.
Yet, 10 years ago I moved to trawlers and when I lived aboard I thrilled at the space, "above ground" living of a trawler and the feel of the power, generator, space to live and spread my life around the boat.
But as these days of self isolation and virus attack......I look online and find boats for sell that Ive loved and desired to own.
I dream of sailing again (yes, I have a sailing dinghy, but really not the same, and yes, I have friends who sail....but they do not sail like I do )
So I lust, dream and ponder about sailing again. I even lurk on a sailing forum.
But I do not fool myself. I got out of sailing because i found I motored more than actually sailed (unless it was a lazy afternoon just to sail around....if I was on a journey...I needed to move and not wait for the wind)
It is much more work to sail instead of starting a nice engine and simply moving.
A trawler has so much space, liveaboard room, and i love the upper helm so very much.
BUT, I still love sailing and dream of sailing again.
Thank you for allowing me to confess.
Tim