Archive for December, 2010
We are able to spend some of our time when we are not sailing the Keys in our anchorage in downtown Miami. Lately we have enjoyed a free concert downtown with the Spin Doctors (I am showing my age) and have seen some really great authors speak at the Miami Book Fair.
During some of our longer cruises we spent several weeks in downtown Manhattan at the 79th st Boat Basin and over a month in Nassau harbor. Cruising remote tropical islands is great, but being “downtown” allows you to visit some great museums, see a play or go to a concert. Most city’s grew up around the waterfront giving you great accessibility to services and public transportation. You have the comforts of your home to go back to at night and the convenience of not having to park your car. In Manhattan it was $15 a night for a mooring bouy with a 24 hour guarded dinghy dock. Pretty hard to beat!
Spin Doctors preforming in Miami
City lights in bayfront park
I picked up the August, 1957 Popular Boating Magazine at an Antique fair on South Beach. From an ad by the National Sailing Association;
Skippering a sailboat builds character. It teaches responsibility, dexterity, ingenuity and good sportsmanship. It attracts companions with equally high ideals. Young sailors are rarely troublemakers.
What an argument to teach your kids sailing! Imagine what they would have had to say about video games and computers.
There is lot’s more cool stuff from the magazine I will post soon.
Young Sailing Skipper at the Helm
I was interviewed for a business magazine about turning your hobby or passion into a business. One of the questions asked was what mistakes have you made. I had a hard time answering last night, this morning as the sun was coming up I sent her this follow-up;
When I was in my early 30′s I considered getting my captains licence and pursuing a career on the water. Deep down I knew that this was what I wanted to do but the security of a land based business career made me afraid to follow my dream. So maybe my biggest regret is that I didn’t try to follow my dreams earlier.
As the saying goes, today is the first day of the rest of your life. There is no better time than now to try something new.
Boca Chita Harbor at sunrise