Living on a Sailboat exploring the world
You know I like cats, but I appreciate most animals. In fact, I squeal, point and try to take photos (not necessarily in that order) of most animals I see, on land and under the sea. In the Caribbean, animals like goats, sheep, donkeys, cows, dogs, birds, monkeys, and lizards abound on land, and I’ve spotted them all. This post focuses on land animals of the Caribbean in photos.
The spread of a worldwide pandemic has sent everyone scrambling, including we who live on sailboats. For cruisers who needed to be somewhere for hurricane season, Covid-19 has caused havoc. This is why we are social distancing in Antigua on board Sava.
The Caribbean cruising season runs from late October to early July. The rest of the year is hurricane season, when we hunker down or leave our boats somewhere safe and hope for the best. For us, safe is below latitude 12.4, which is why we spent last hurricane season in Grenada.
As the pandemic occurred during cruising season, we are in a state of limbo, scared and trying to take the changes day by day. We have until late June to get our boat somewhere safe or on the hard.
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Life aboard a boat sounds romantic and freeing, partly due to some famous quotes making it sound ideal. We cruisers know the difficulties of onboard living, and we have our share of sayings about the crazy parts of this lifestyle. Here are my top quotes about the sailing life and where they originate. These are quotes that resonate with me because they are so relatable.
One of the first quotes that comes to mind is one cruisers say to each other often:
“May you Have Fair Winds and Following Seas”
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I don’t know who started saying this, but it’s obvious why we say it. Everyone wants good winds and the seas pushing us forward when we sail and so we wish each other the best.
Sailing is about taking risks, and seeing new places, so I like these quotes:
“Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
Andre Gide
“A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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