tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773370276862539169.post8577093376608646257..comments2024-03-24T03:23:46.858-06:00Comments on This Rat Sailed: You're doing WHAT?Mike Boydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14279932231094933575noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773370276862539169.post-90915371341788455812014-07-15T14:48:49.250-06:002014-07-15T14:48:49.250-06:00Welcome guys! Hope you find my ramblings occasion...Welcome guys! Hope you find my ramblings occasionally entertaining or informative. Believe it or not, for a land-locked state there seem to be more than just a couple people in Colorado looking at doing something like this.Mike Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279932231094933575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773370276862539169.post-82573994028981901092014-07-15T14:31:35.261-06:002014-07-15T14:31:35.261-06:00So glad I came across your blog! :) My hubby and I...So glad I came across your blog! :) My hubby and I have the same plan, the same amount of experience, and I'm originally from Colorado! Crazy small world! :) I'm excited to follow along with your adventures!katylinvwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09248951104776233083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773370276862539169.post-7384673692089334442013-06-13T13:53:46.680-06:002013-06-13T13:53:46.680-06:00A very good quote. These days our society certainl...A very good quote. These days our society certainly does seem to be overly focused on security and under focused on actually living.Mike Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279932231094933575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773370276862539169.post-5586766336647466962013-06-13T12:50:21.587-06:002013-06-13T12:50:21.587-06:00From Sterling Hayden's book Wanderer:
"&...From Sterling Hayden's book Wanderer:<br /><br />"'I've always wanted to sail to the South Seas, but I can't afford it.' What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of 'security.' And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine--and before we know it our lives are gone.<br />"What does a man need--really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in--and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all--in the material sense. And we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention from the sheer idiocy of the charade.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773370276862539169.post-5871782118921577342012-11-03T15:54:42.053-06:002012-11-03T15:54:42.053-06:00Hey Mike,
There are definitely a number of people ...Hey Mike,<br />There are definitely a number of people out there blazing the trail ahead of us. My guess is you may have found my site thru Zero To Cruising (another Mike a couple years ahead of me in the process...he is one of my regular reads). Highly recommended read/inspiration. Hopefully you'll even find something useful in my ramblings.<br /><br />Sorry for taking a bit to reply...my wife and I were off working on our ASA 104/114 and out of internet range most of the last couple weeks. Will be posting about that as soon as I can get the posts together.<br /><br />-MikeMike Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279932231094933575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4773370276862539169.post-32384916833092499912012-10-25T10:45:14.635-06:002012-10-25T10:45:14.635-06:00You are SO right about getting out of the rat race...You are SO right about getting out of the rat race and really living and enjoying life. My wife and I are also 'in the same boat' of sorts. I'll be retiring from my job in three years and then we're off. Living aboard a sailboat, even though we have no experience...yet. Sailing lessons to come and all the research involved is keeping me busy until then.<br /><br />I'll be following you and rooting you on!<br /><br />Mike<br />www.siochana.usMike M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03623496307139906970noreply@blogger.com