WIND!
Current Position (as of 5:44pm):
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Today was an ordinary day. I was woken by a ship alarm at 4:00am and stayed up to watch her pass. I did more rigging work and cleaning. Who is making all this mess? The wind picked up today as expected. I had nearly 20 knots all afternoon. It began lightening in the afternoon. I have made decent progress although I have these annoying sharp swells hitting my aft quarter that are making steering awkward. I have made my second waypoint and am on course to waypoint 3 at 24N, 132W some 550 miles away.
Question:
How did you make your dream come true and how do you endure even under criticism?
When I first came to my parents with the idea of sailing around the world we just discussed if it was even possible. They thought it was and we set about trying to find a boat. No body was going to sponsor a boat for me as a young unknown so I went to YachtWorld.com and began to search for a boat. The type of boat I needed was way out of my price range. My dad was asking around the marina about boats for sale and heard of my current boat which was then called Nantucket Sleigh Ride. I was able to buy the boat with money I had saved repairing and selling sailing dinghies in the summers. I sent out about 100 Sponsorship Proposals to marine companies and received a pretty poor repsonse. I just kept sending letters and calling people and working with my dad. Pretty soon I had a lot of equipment sponsors and people from all over the marina were getting involved with the project. I guess the point is to have a dream, pursue it and don't give up. It helps to have your parents behind you like I do. If you really believe in what you are doing, you just accept that people will criticise you. Answer your critics but then keep going.
Cheers,
Zac
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=28.8695,-124.4869&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1
Today was an ordinary day. I was woken by a ship alarm at 4:00am and stayed up to watch her pass. I did more rigging work and cleaning. Who is making all this mess? The wind picked up today as expected. I had nearly 20 knots all afternoon. It began lightening in the afternoon. I have made decent progress although I have these annoying sharp swells hitting my aft quarter that are making steering awkward. I have made my second waypoint and am on course to waypoint 3 at 24N, 132W some 550 miles away.
Question:
How did you make your dream come true and how do you endure even under criticism?
When I first came to my parents with the idea of sailing around the world we just discussed if it was even possible. They thought it was and we set about trying to find a boat. No body was going to sponsor a boat for me as a young unknown so I went to YachtWorld.com and began to search for a boat. The type of boat I needed was way out of my price range. My dad was asking around the marina about boats for sale and heard of my current boat which was then called Nantucket Sleigh Ride. I was able to buy the boat with money I had saved repairing and selling sailing dinghies in the summers. I sent out about 100 Sponsorship Proposals to marine companies and received a pretty poor repsonse. I just kept sending letters and calling people and working with my dad. Pretty soon I had a lot of equipment sponsors and people from all over the marina were getting involved with the project. I guess the point is to have a dream, pursue it and don't give up. It helps to have your parents behind you like I do. If you really believe in what you are doing, you just accept that people will criticise you. Answer your critics but then keep going.
Cheers,
Zac
posted by Zac at
10:44 PM
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