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A totally off topic post
In the fall of 2002, I was presented with an opportunity to take 6 months off from work. My wife, Mafalda, and I decided that we would use the time to sail our boat from Westport, Connecticut to St Martin.
Our insurance company would not let us leave Connecticut until the end of the hurricane season, so we left the end of October. I bought a satellite phone so that our freaked out family could hear from us regularly and stay as calm as possible.
This ten day trip was probably the only ten day period of the last 20 years, when I did not think once about HepC. I decided to post this with the hope that someone else will have a diversion
Our insurance company would not let us leave Connecticut until the end of the hurricane season, so we left the end of October. I bought a satellite phone so that our freaked out family could hear from us regularly and stay as calm as possible.
This ten day trip was probably the only ten day period of the last 20 years, when I did not think once about HepC. I decided to post this with the hope that someone else will have a diversion
Great log, and thanks for sharing! Nothing like passage making in warm waters to clear the mind. I love the rythem of the watches, expecially the night watches when the moon is a factor.
Your picture of navigating my flashlight and star reference is a classic. I took a good friend with plenty of sailing experience on his first ocean trip last year [pre-tx]. He did well, but near freaked out when I declared a 48 hour ban on GPS and radar so he could get some read nav practice.
Just remember that there is a good chance you will feel better than pre-tx a few short weeks after completing. I know we hear stories about lingering sx, but it isn't always the case. After Prove 1 dosing for 24 weeks, I was fellign terrific after a month, adn better than pre-tx since then. Can't think of a better way to celebrate your SVR than a run down to Bermuda :-)
Your picture of navigating my flashlight and star reference is a classic. I took a good friend with plenty of sailing experience on his first ocean trip last year [pre-tx]. He did well, but near freaked out when I declared a 48 hour ban on GPS and radar so he could get some read nav practice.
Just remember that there is a good chance you will feel better than pre-tx a few short weeks after completing. I know we hear stories about lingering sx, but it isn't always the case. After Prove 1 dosing for 24 weeks, I was fellign terrific after a month, adn better than pre-tx since then. Can't think of a better way to celebrate your SVR than a run down to Bermuda :-)
My attempts at slow breathing and imaging work, sometimes. I often have a hard time focusing for more than 5 minutes.
I chose the handle for literal reasons. I was taking care of an orphaned redtailed hawk at the time. She has since flown off, which is a good thing although I miss her. Can you tell me the meaning of my handle in ham radio speak? Thanks, OH
I chose the handle for literal reasons. I was taking care of an orphaned redtailed hawk at the time. She has since flown off, which is a good thing although I miss her. Can you tell me the meaning of my handle in ham radio speak? Thanks, OH
I like your suggestion of trying to recreate the mood by thinking about the experience.
My problem this go round is that my mind is racing all the time and I can't meditate or control what I am thinking about.
I love your handle (ham radio term)
My problem this go round is that my mind is racing all the time and I can't meditate or control what I am thinking about.
I love your handle (ham radio term)
Great diary of a great adventure. Just one question. Did the first bird fly into the water too? I couldn't tell and I'm hoping he made it back. But I believe you were right when you predicted he was doomed. What an adventure. Something I dream about but will never learn to accomplish, given my age and geographical location.
My wife asked me to clarify her decision to cook: she did not want to get up in the middle of the night to steer, so she decided she would cook instead. We all thought that was fair.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful adventure with us. That was so kind of you.
Yes, we sometimes have to think of other things. We can get oversaturated with hep. C info and we need a break. Thanks for the break.
Yes, we sometimes have to think of other things. We can get oversaturated with hep. C info and we need a break. Thanks for the break.
The first bird died from stress, according to a Vet I spoke with. We tried to keep it eating and drinking, but it only lasted a few days.
You didn't miss it; I left it out. We were all sad when it died.
You didn't miss it; I left it out. We were all sad when it died.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us. What happened to the first bird? Maybe I missed it in your story. Kathy
As a rooted being who took off in the wind with a loving spouse by my side, your story resonated within me. Unlike you, I didn't know I had HCV and took it all rather lightly when diagnosed in Bangkok. I am glad for the time spent discovering new people, old ruins and parts of myself I didn't know were there. At times during tx, I try in my mind to recreate a scene, an atmosphere of serenity brought forth from my memories.
Happy trails, wherever they lead you. oh
Happy trails, wherever they lead you. oh
Thanks for sharing.... really enjoyed it...
Actually have a more peaceful... and calm feeling than before reading,,, just walked in from work, fatigued and frazzled, this was great medicine... thanks..
Actually have a more peaceful... and calm feeling than before reading,,, just walked in from work, fatigued and frazzled, this was great medicine... thanks..
Here's to the good life my friend.......Thank god we all have beautiful times to look back on. Great life experience.
Feel Well.
Bonnie
Feel Well.
Bonnie
Thanks for letting me live vicariously thru you! We're neighbors! I live a few towns away and only a few houses away on Milford Harbor. Love to watch the masts drift by. Worked in Westport many years, still do via the interent. Great log, and thanks for sharing. Ayeeeee Captain!
We are starting this trip with a great deal of anticipation and wonder as this is our first major off-shore passage. We have two crew members that are highly recommended, but we never spent enough time with them to know what 12 Days on a small boat will be like.
10/26/02: I spent the day listening to weather forecasts trying to decide when to leave. It is raining and very windy out of the east, the direction we will start with.
4:00 PM the forecast for Tuesday in the Gulf Stream is very bad weather for a crossing. I decided to leave immediately, so we can cross the stream on Monday. The wind has shifted to the North and we are casting off at 4:30 PM.
10/27/00: It is 3AM and we are rounding Montauk Point, having blasted out of the sound at over 8 knots. As I stare at the lights on the point, I realize this is the last time I will see land for 10 - 12 days. The wind is 30 knots from the Northwest and we are on a broad reach making 8.5 knots over the bottom. The seas are 2
10/26/02: I spent the day listening to weather forecasts trying to decide when to leave. It is raining and very windy out of the east, the direction we will start with.
4:00 PM the forecast for Tuesday in the Gulf Stream is very bad weather for a crossing. I decided to leave immediately, so we can cross the stream on Monday. The wind has shifted to the North and we are casting off at 4:30 PM.
10/27/00: It is 3AM and we are rounding Montauk Point, having blasted out of the sound at over 8 knots. As I stare at the lights on the point, I realize this is the last time I will see land for 10 - 12 days. The wind is 30 knots from the Northwest and we are on a broad reach making 8.5 knots over the bottom. The seas are 2
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