EPISOD FINAL | Taking Mother Sailing: Copii, apă și depășirea fricii / Ep 18

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1. The two things I miss most about living on the water are the community and the weather. The weather is real, an insulated house is not. My wife and I had an interesting conversation about insulation when we discussed living in a tent. Insulation isolates one from more than just temperatures.

   Everyone struggles with fear. I appreciate you being so candid. One step at a time.

   Captain Cook never had to worry about rockets falling on him… haha.

2. The Bahamas is close, beautiful and safe. Enjoy!

3. jai bien aimer ce moment de reflextion c est bon

4. I completely understand how you would feel anxiety if you aren’t an experienced sailor. Every day you practice your sailing skills, even if it’s just on the dingy it will make you feel more competent. Keep at it with short local sails. Please don’t do any long passages with only your husband being able to trouble shoot issues. Roo and number 2, (sorry forgot name) are certainly on their way and are impressively knowledgeable but still young yet. I’m glad you had that feeling of freedom on the dingy, there is so much more of that to come.

5. Maybe Mama could sail the dinghy on her own? She really doesn't need help.

6. It’s necessary to leave behind the propagandized fear that we are sold every day in this consumerist society, but real fear has a very important purpose to the adventurer/voyager. Channeled properly, it allows you to focus, to have additional strength to draw on, to be more aware of your surroundings, and to sense the beauty around you in a way that would escape you otherwise. The challenge is in learning to channel the fear into those benefits rather than letting it become a debilitating force. Not an easy task, but the rewards are great.

7. I think you need to separate realistic and unrealistic fears. Yes, perhaps we’re being sold fears and other emotions so that companies can solve the associated problems. But, being afraid of things and situations that you are not prepared for is justified and should be heeded.

   You each come across as well-educated educators/academics. Prepping to go offshore is no different than anything else. Educate yourselves and run scenarios until you’re confident you know what you’re going to do and how you are going survive each.

   Yes, the worst could happen and your vessel could sink in four minutes, though is more likely that it will take a long time, if it sinks at all. But, if it did sink in four minutes how would you all survive? What are the preparations you would make and the actions you would take? It is very survivable, though you must be confident you know what you will do in each of these scenarios. As you work through them and gain both confidence and competence, the fear will subside.

   Let’s not confuse caution and prudence with fear. Good sailors have plenty of both.

   Get started with, as other commenters of have suggested, small trips to learn what does and doesn’t work. You have made some commitments to your values that other sailors have not, so you’ll need to learn things that other current sailors do not need to learn, such as sailing, not motoring away from weather or sailing into a tight entrance to escape weather. You need to work on what you will do (Go offshore to heave to? Be more particular in planning routes and conservative in weather routing?).

   Many sailors have done all of this before you with children on board. You can learn and will learn. Fear is a good thing. Overcome fear with learning, experience, and competence, don’t discard it.

   You can tame the elements with competence – that experience is the most exhilarating of all.

8. I really appreciate you talking about fear, it is a big deal specially for women who don’t yet know how to sail.Your fear will reduce as all the elements of sailing become more familiar. I agree that practice would be very helpful and as the one of two adults on board it is important for your peace of mind and everyone’s safety that you learn how to operate the boat. There’s a lot you can learn right there. Start simple with that cleat, tie knots, sail the dinghy everyday, practice man overboard, read about anchoring and points of sail, learn to navigate. Your fears are real, you could sink or be run down but learning what to do to prevent or cope with those situations will bring them down to a more realistic level and enable you to truly enjoy sailing.

9. so what is the future here … i guess i missed the underlining finale

10. Is this really truely the final episode? I so enjoy following your story and am very much looking forward to seeing you in the Bahamas…..

11. Hello, no News. How are you family?

12. Hey…no worries. You came, you tried and you finished. It was a life lesson and memories were made. Enjoy the moment and the next chapter in your life. It’s all good.

13. If you truly want to give up and find your self space you should do it, I’m sure the kids can find someone else to sail with.

14. Choix de vie courageux, nous avons fait le même et partons dans 1mois… mais avec un peu plus d'espace.
    Rien depuis 1an? Avez vous arrêté cette vie?

15. They went completely off grid. Hope they’re fine.

16. Well, we pretty much did go completely off grid, and we're fine, and have been continuing to seek out our way in the world. We're safe from Hurricane Ian but still waiting to see how the boat has fared. We do hope to share some more of our journey since we left off making videos; we'll find a time and a way to do that in time. Thank you all for following us on our journey thus far, and I wish you all well on your own journeys!

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