Staying Afloat

Motoring in the Gulf Stream

“Sometimes we measure success on the boat by the absence of failure–nothing broke! Nothing leaked! No one got seasick today! Sometimes sailing looks like merely not sinking. There are glorious, wonderful, sparkling days, but they stand out in memory like an oasis in a desert of rough passages. Staying afloat acknowledges the hope-amidst-hardship of the sailing life.”

–From the prologue of Leaving the Safe Harbor: the Risks and Rewards of Raising a Family on a Boat by Tanya Hackney