After a couple of weeks of crises, a serious illness in the family (thankfully not my illness, but sadly still my family), a plunge into the deep-freeze and general all-round aggravation, I’m taking a bit of a break from the heavy politics and write about something I’m actually quite passionate about: Sailing in general and specifically the 2022 Golden Globe Race.
Those who know me know I’m in love with sailboats. I cut my teeth on a friend’s little Hunter 23.5 trailer-sailor more than twenty years ago and I’ve had the bug ever since. I used to crew on race nights out of the now sadly-defunct Port Hope Yacht Club on a variety of boats and it was a lot of fun… not to mention a great way to get out on the water if your sailboat budget is (as mine was at the time) only in the double digits. Last summer, as the first step in getting our own boat, my spouse and I registered for a keelboat program and passed the Sail Canada Basic Cruising Standard exam. The buy-our-own-boat plan has taken a bit of a financial hit recently, but it’s definitely still the long-term goal.
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