Thoughts.....
Quartermoon
Mike Share & Sammy Byron
Thu 24 Mar 2011 11:43
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I had a thought the other day - Since we have
owned Quartermoon, we have had a mast for 11 months and a stump (or hole) for 5!
That's a horrible statistic for a sailing boat....
It reminds me of another turning point: when I
realised that I'd been driving for longer than I hadn't! About 5 years
ago.... I guess this all comes with growing older and I am quite scared
that I am in the last year of my 30's. Not too scared yet though, it does
make me realise that there are a million things I have to do before I get older
and less capable. Run a marathon is sub 3h45m, climb above 20,000ft and
beat my PB on the Les Gets free-ride
MTB trail to name a few.... The trouble is, that being tied to a dock
in this place is hardly conducive to the sort of lifestyle that Sammy & I
would normally choose. We have struggled these last few weeks; having a
mast that you can actually see, behind Custom's fences or in a
workyard, has been like a carrot on the end of a stick - the more
you want to grab it, it stays the same distance away. We have been plagued by
small setbacks which only compound our frustration and it seems an impossibility
that we will ever get to leave this place - the light at the end of the
tunnel is visible every now and again only to be dragged away again by something
else that was overlooked.... (usually by a so-called "expert"). The whole
point of our sailing adventure was freedom and exploration, the last few months
could not be further from the point.
Saying all that, we are being as positive as we
can; Today was a good day. We got a forestay (finally) and the furler and
tie-rods in place. Tomorrow we get the back-stay and goose-neck/boom in place
and we may actually able to leave the dock - Happy Days! It's been 5
weeks since QM spent a night out of this stinking marina....
getting to the islands may just save our sanity yet.
Our "problems" are so small in comparison
to Japan; it's amazing after going away for a few days and
coming back to find that particular disaster has almost disappeared
into the corners of news websites to be replaced by the latest actions of
the world police.
Anyway the point of this update wasn't for a
sympathy vote but mainly stimulated by the fact that we both miss our
family and friends and we can't wait to see you all. (Plus have "normal"
lives for a while and maybe even get jobs........)
Currently sitting here celebrating/regressing with
a few beers and for some strange reason listening to Faithless. No, I don't
believe God is a DJ anymore but I sometimes still get
insomnia.....
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