[C320-list] Do I keep my boat or not

[Joe Grande]

As the 79 year old Commodore of this association, I would like to thank you for the wise and empathetic counsel that you so readily share! Jack Brenden, I may find myself in the Tampa area this winter. I will have to look you up. Summer is well underway in the PNW. I am planning on a month long cruise into Canadian waters, possibly alone a good part of the time.

Thanks again!
Joe Grande
Whisper #772

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From: C320-list <c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com> on behalf of Brian McLamb via C320-list <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 9, 2023 1:53:19 PM
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Cc: Brian McLamb <bjcnmclamb at gmail.com>; c320-list at lists.catalina320.com <c320-list at lists.catalina320.com>
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Do I keep my boat or not

I am 76 and lost my wife this past April. Serenity has always been a
special place/experience for me and now has taken on a therapeutic role.
Still single hand local and cruise with a buddy boat. It would be difficult
for me to give up sailing or the dockside commaraderie until I could no
longer physically be safe on her.  Brian S/V Serenity #1075

On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 1:42 PM Marko Jamnik via C320-list <
c320-list at lists.catalina320.com> wrote:

> I am reaching out to a body of sailors that always seem to have given
> everyone on this forum including to myself some of the best advice. This
> not a technical request. This one may be close to many who are reaching the
> pivoting point in their lives, when they starting asking themselves, why do
> I keep my boat . I've been widowed for the last 10 years and always thought
> that my enthusiasm in sailing would continue into my seventies. Well a
> number of setbacks have put pressure on all of us. Trying to pickup the
> momentum we all had at one time didn’t work for some, especially after
> Covid. Currently my Catalina 304 has become more of a cottage on the water,
> sad to say.  I look forward to any kind of feedback regarding my dilemma
> and I thank you in advance.
>
> Marko Jamnik
> Marquesas
> Lake Ontario

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Brian McLamb