New Blogspot and New Post

I have always had a love for boats and the water since my teenage years, especially a curiosity towards the art of sailing. When I turned 37 I finally started on the plan to learn and experience what sailing was all about. My learning curve has been very quick because of things like reading a Basic Keelboat Book and taking a course that enabled me to use club boats for a year, getting involved with a group that races every Thursday evening in my area, participating in longer distance races as well as cruising along the gulf coast. From there I have developed several friendships that have afforded me the ability to experience different boats, sailing conditions and opportunities. My only regret is not to have pursued this sooner in life. Who knows where I would have sailed or what other experiences I would have had at a younger age.

I almost always have a book on sailing close at hand. I have taken some courses from the US Power Squadron in my area, which is definitely a great resource for any aspect of water sport. Through this group I have taken a Boat Safety course, Seamanship, Charting and am planning on taking the first course in Coastal Piloting.

I have a previous blog here in Blogspot that has some information on previous experiences but I hope to use this new location for future posts and to enhance the content much further. If anyone reads this, they are welcome to read through the previous location. The url link is http://mysailingexperiences.blogspot.com/


My goals for this new blog is to serve as my journal of experiences, lessons and as a reflection to look back on over time. I don’t know if others will stumble upon this blog but I hope to create something that will be enjoyable to read with good content, pictures and stories.



This is a picture I took of a Beautiful classic sailboat while on a recent sailing adventure to Key West last month. I will work on a post with details of my trip as well as adding some more awesome pictures, both sailing and just cool other pictures.