Good Fortune and Personal Goals

Pemandia
Peter Fabricius
Fri 20 May 2016 18:36
About an hour ago I put up a v short blog to the effect that I have been going to windward for 5 days and a change would be welcome. Yes, still going to windward, still F6, but I am comfortable, dinner is in the oven and a whisky is finding its way into me. I have no complaints, indeed, only the reverse.

As some people know, Emily and I had originally planned a retirement cruise to the Azores and Madeira. At the time (3 years ago) I was still recovering from a head injury and thought how well I had done to get back to normal so quickly. Little did I realise. In due course the plans were shelved and secretly I realised I might never be fit enough for ocean sailing again. I never owned up to this and we have had a couple of great Summer cruises, one to Scotland and Orkney and one to Brittany..

But I continued to improve just as the neurologists told me. We started to talk about the Azores again and Emily whose judgement I trust completely said why not. It became a realistic option. My old rowing mate David reminded me of a drunken lunch when we were medical students (just the other day) in about 1973 when I apparently told him of my ambition to do a single handed ocean passage - gosh it would have been much harder then. The flame was rekindled.

And so here I am. At 1000 tomorrow morning I will have been at sea for a week and for 5 days I have been going to windward. I am of course hugely fortunate to have such a comfortable and seaworthy yacht. My spirits are high. 700 miles on the clock. Good fortune indeed.

Next entry will be back in the facetious style, I promise.

Peter

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