Comments on: Chris & Carl, Acceptance

By: crusty

crusty — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:14:00 +0000

hi buddy.
i’ve just begun to actually read your blog from page one and should have done so earlier, as its quite the tale. another blizzard here on a saturday morning.
thinking of you swimming in the brisk, bright sea.

By: Paddy on Conachair

Paddy on Conachair — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:06:50 +0000

Hi Nick, I hope that as things sometimes do sailing everything appears suddenly and off you go, just when you thought you were in groundhog day. But go you will. As for me, I’ve fallen in love with La Gomera, anchored for a few days off a beach with naked people living in caves (playa de chinguarima). And seems that there is a rainbow gathering in La Palma soon. Oh, the hippy in me awakes. I wish you a rapid postal service and a rapid passage.
Paddy

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:50:42 +0000

Hi Nick I have been following your trip and am curious as to how you now see yourself as a sailor after having a fair few single handed miles under your keel. Your early writings such as ‘17: Singlehanding is a sport in itself’ expressed your steep learning curve in a vessel not idealy set up for single handed sailing.

If you had to write a similar account now of a single handed trip out on the water how would it compare both in terms of thought process, techniques and skills and your confidence?

I am curious because to keep my own plans on schedule I to have to force myself through the same learning curve.

Simon.

By: Irene

Irene — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:37:38 +0000

Hey Nick,

Sorry about the trouble you’re having
I lived the same thing during my stay on Feurteventura
But now, sitting at my work desk I wonder why the hell that was difficult, instead now I’m in daily life, boared every day a little more, hoping my personal assistance start will do me good.
Luckely I own two cats who make it to me a lot easier
They understand my feelings as they too are trapped in a house but can decide themselves too if they want to leave or not as my door and windows are always open.

Y para ti.
Que te vaia bein
y no olvidas que ‘poco a poco se voy lechos’
Te qiero mucho
beso
irene

By: héctor

héctor — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 10:55:51 +0000

A VERY POSITIVE CANARIAN THOUGHT FOR CARL!!!
How WELL you write, Nick. (Thanks to the google’s translator!)

Will we see us someday??Oh, I heard you are hungry. This saturday about 15.00 I’ll cook portuguese cod at home with some friends. Talk to Paul and come!
And we talk about your conquest of Canary Island..ehem..

Hug!

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:26:54 +0000

Ahoy!
Shore is breezy today
perfect weather to sail away
to distant lands
and golden sands
but my waterpump ain’t on here
so I’m stuck in the bay
drinkin’ beer