Link to bigger picture here. Mahdee at SFYC visitors’ dock with a view of downtown San Francisco.
We’ve enjoyed a lovely stay along the Smith Slough with the beautiful migratory birds and views across the water. The majority of boaters made a mass exodus of the Slough this fall and we do miss the other boaters and our cruising friends. Now we’re getting ready to revisit all our boating friends at marinas, yacht clubs, and anchorages around the Bay.
One ship sails east and another sails west
With the self-same winds that blow.
Tis the set of the sail and not the gale
Which determines the way they go.
As the winds of the sea are the ways of fate
As we voyage along through life,
Tis the act of the soul that determines the goal,
And not the calm or the strife.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox
“Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make them come true” Britney and Scott of Windtraveler
For cruisers, the price is often giving up a life of security and certainty. Giving up security allows us to grow personally, take responsibility for meeting our own needs, and allows us to appreciate life in the moment. Uncertainty opens us up to all the possibilities–not just those widely accepted in our local society–and allows us to hope for the future, exercise our faith, and feel truly blessed when things come together in good ways.
We’re lucky to know so many inspiring sailing folks who, like us, have thrown off the dock lines and who share our love of travel and sailing. Recently surrounded by way too many landlubbers locked into a square-box life, I am reminded that I most enjoy the company of voyagers and especially appreciate those dreamers who go out there and, well, just do it!
Cruisers aboard SV Chrokeva
Pacific explorers Chuck and Laura cruising aboard LeaLea
Diane Poole Built a boat at Pete’s Harbor and then went cruising the Pacific 1 Candle School House
Sailor and simple living advocate Teresa Carey
