We weren’t sailors but we led a very nomadic life....it suits some people not others...I remember this woman complaining that all her life’s problems were due to the fact she moved when she was young...once!...I can’t actually remember how many schools I attended ....then again my brother went off the rails
Probably could not face returning to society
Probably should be called the "Moitessier effect", from wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_MoitessierProbably could not face returning to society
Even as an occasional SH sailor, I sometimes do not want to stop. When I first went round Uk I really wanted to carry on & go round again. A wierd feeling. I wanted to see the family, but did not want to stop. I asked my friend about this straight after he finished his lap. He thought about it for a minute & suddenly admitted that he could have quite easily not have stopped once in the rhythm. He did not want the hassle of going home to regular life. Like me, he had only been away a few months.
I have been told that people doing the early clipper round the world events, found it difficult to readjust to coming home. So Laura Dekker probably felt happier at sea than on land, where she had to deal with a different social life.
Funny, it was our son who said he didn't want the passage to end whilst we were crossing the Atlantic. It might have had something to do with knowing that school would restart...Probably could not face returning to society
Even as an occasional SH sailor, I sometimes do not want to stop. When I first went round Uk I really wanted to carry on & go round again. A wierd feeling. I wanted to see the family, but did not want to stop. I asked my friend about this straight after he finished his lap. He thought about it for a minute & suddenly admitted that he could have quite easily not have stopped once in the rhythm. He did not want the hassle of going home to regular life. Like me, he had only been away a few months.
I have been told that people doing the early clipper round the world events, found it difficult to readjust to coming home. So Laura Dekker probably felt happier at sea than on land, where she had to deal with a different social life.
Not necessarily the right location, but maybe, just maybe this free boat might be all she needs?The inspiration can come in strange ways. #1 Daughter has been sailing with us since she was a foetus. 24 years later, she's just come back from Plymouth, viewing yachts to buy her own one, liveaboard and sail round Britain. Over dinner a while ago, she (out of the blue) wondered where her adventurous streak had come from. I had to explain: 23 years ago, In June 2000, we were in the Cafe/Bar in QAB at one table. At the very next table was Ellen McArthur and her support crew, the night before EM setoff with Kingfisher for the start of a solo Transatlantic record. (Plymouth to Newport in 14 days, 23 hours, 11 minutes). Anyway, while we were minding our own business at our table, #1 Daughter, in a nappy and growbag, had crawled away from us, gone under EM's table, and EM gave a surprise look at something tugging at her toes under the table. #1 Daughter had literally touched the feet of a sailing God! There may have been a divine spark between them.