Dear Reader,
Last time we talked about my experience with the Texas Water Safari, and I decided it was appropriate to #KeepGoing… When I got out of our tandem aluminum canoe at Seadrift in 2016, not only did I want to do that dagnabbed race again, but I wanted to learn to sail. After paddling the entire 260+ miles of river and making it all the way to the gulf, I wondered how I could see more. There’s only so far you can get with your arms (with the exception of Ellen Magellan — she’s going to paddle her way around the world, and I’m so inspired by her).
However, sailing is the thing I decided was one of the things I wanted to do in this world. I started taking sailing lessons and classes, and soon, I started getting invited to crew in some regattas. My next, and wisest decision, was to start consuming all movies and television shows that were boat related. Sidenote: This is how I became obsessed with “Below Deck,” but that’s for another column. A teammate from a regatta recommended that I watch a movie called “Maiden” about an allwomen’s sailing team that sailed around the world.
