NowWhat? BY APRIL WINSHIP We Bought a Boat…
Cabo Beach
T rial by fire … that’s not exactly how I envisioned gaining my introductory seamanship skills. I enthusiastically signed on as an inexperienced crewmember aboard a tiny sailboat bound for Tahiti, even though I had never been on an overnight passage before. “In for a penny, in for a pound” came to mind during the 32-day nonstop romp across the Pacific Ocean. After two years of hitchhiking on several boats throughout these enchanted isles, I was hooked on the cruising lifestyle. My love of sailing never faded, and in time my husband Bruce and I bought our own spartan catamaran to carry our young family to distant shores. Now, several decades later we find ourselves empty nesters, retired and once again preparing for the next chapter, this time aboard our new-to-us 34-foot trawler, Rogue One .
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