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Author Archives: Shay
When your trust is unapologetically broken, forgive yourself
When someone breaks our trust we sometimes feel a sense of lack for having trusted, for having allowed ourselves to be cheated. It’s an element that is often overlooked, though it may have a deep effect. After the sailing disaster of … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Inner Growth, Learning, personal growth, Resilience, Sailing
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And on the 7th day, I heard a voice
I felt a little piece of my heart sink the moment I saw the boat. From my vantage point, the driver’s seat of a rental car, the vessel was hardly more than a white dot bobbing gently on a mooring … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Learning, personal growth, Resilience, Sailing
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J.B. the Philadelphia laundry mule driver
If you are lucky, perhaps once in your life the combination of a beautiful day, an unusually good mood, a snap decision based on a moment’s recognition of another’s struggle, and the inclination to trust the kindness of a stranger … Continue reading
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Tagged Community, Fun & Magic, Giving & Receiving, Happiness, JB Parkes, Kindness, Love
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The catamaran from hell, continued
The US Coast Guard rescue should have been a happy ending to the catamaran from hell story, but the travail continued. This was rooted in skipper Dave’s sympathy for the owners, John and Kat, who had cited a family medical emergency … Continue reading
The flying fish of fate
A year ago today I met a delightful elderly woman on the train when I traveled from Wilmington DE to Wilmington NC on my way to help with a private yacht transit to East Greenrich RI, over 800 miles away. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Community, Fun & Magic, Giving & Receiving, Happiness, Inner Growth, Learning, Love, personal growth, Sailing
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HEAVEN under tow USCG-approved bacon-chipotle stovetop granola bars
Although the 1,555 mile delivery of HEAVEN–a leaky, creaky, stinky, noisy, and unseaworthy Lagoon 42 catamaran–was greatly trying and a minor disaster, a few good things did come of it. Like the recipe for HEAVEN Under Tow USCG- Approved Bacon-Chipotle … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Community, Fun & Magic, Happiness, Kindness, Lagoon 42, Sailing
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How to recognize a pervert
Unfortunately, there is no simple way to determine who is a pervert. I’m talking about the kind of perverts who sexually assault other people. They don’t come from any given ethnic or socioeconomic background and they rarely look like a … Continue reading
That time the Coast Guard rescued us
So therrre I wuzzz*, unaware of what would soon begin as I stood my 4 a.m.- 8 a.m. watch aboard a 42’ catamaran that was 24’ wide. Two fellow crew, our skipper and I were charged to deliver the boat … Continue reading
To those who think they envy my life
“If you can’t handle pain you can’t be a sailor.” – Shay Seaborne Periodically, people tell me that they envy the life I lead, but those who think they envy the sailor’s life rarely want to live it. Rather, from a … Continue reading
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The day I sailed a patio lounge chair
The day I sailed a patio lounge chair, six years ago, I was recovering from the flu and enjoying the unseasonably warm day by resting outdoors. I tried to nap in the sun, but the wind kept calling me to … Continue reading
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