Flash Poll: What's Keeping You Off the Water?
What's stopping you?
Which of the following is most impacting your ability to get on the water? If your answer isn’t one the these five, let us know in the comments below.
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I reflexively chose "time" but reality is more complicated. Sliding into a PNW winter means taking advantage of the opportunity to sail when one presents itself. Last week I got out for a spectacular afternoon on the water, brisk but sunny with a 10-14 knot southerly and I almost missed it because of an ongoing boat building project in my shop that also brings me joy. It was one of those moments where I looked out the window and thought "Wow, it turned into a nice day out there" then returned to making little bits of wood out of big ones. As thoughts turned to how nice it will one day be to sail the next boat it also occurred to me that I have a boat sitting in her slip waiting for me. An unusual wave of good sense swept over me and I put the jack plane down, grabbed my "boat bag" and headed out. The lesson here is that you need to notice the brass ring going by and grab on before it is too late.
Reluctantly, I must add to my List, the following: "Me", and to that, it's partners in crime, um, I mean, subcategories, of Procrastination, Laziness, Lack of Discipline, Poor Planning, etc. :)