Here we were..contracted to teach Brett and Teresa all we knew about owning a yacht, all that we know about sailing three quarters of the Big Blue. So we wondered, where should one start? Port, Starboard?
After sipping a slow gin and tonic, and my Skipper, his Carib Beer, we knew!
The first vital lesson they need to learn to make their life changing decision a success is:
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO HAVE A BALANCE!!
Not balancing yourselve to keep you from going over board. That is not easy, and if you do, there are lots of stuff that can safe you. So don`t worry, someone will throw a Danbuoy, or a life ring, or push a Man over board Button on your Raymarine, or if no one comes to your rescue, swim faster!
Back to the lessons!
REMEMBER TO HAVE A BALANCE!!
20% WORK and 80% SOCIAL - THE FIRST LESSON OWNING A YACHT.
So we started immediately with that! We enjoyed a dinner at Sails Retaurant with Dennis and Phoebe from Canada and met another South-African whose house burnt down in St. Francis, Paul. He treated us on too much good Rum and South-African wines!
BALANCE! Easy because we don`t have to worry about drinking and driving as we giggled into our dinghy on our way back to bed!
And when friends invited us for a house warming, we had to go! Marese and Mark moved into this fabulous Mexican looking rustic house, and we could almost play hide and seek!
Still keeping the balance, we sailed the next day for her bornday to the leper colony islands,
and enjoyed the company of friends again. And for her birthday a bunch of dolphins gave her a show right in front of the bows, surfing the swells, dancing with the joy of life.
So as we sailed away from Trinidad the next day, we knew that we did everything we could to set a good example for the first lesson we tried to teach them.
After sipping a slow gin and tonic, and my Skipper, his Carib Beer, we knew!
The first vital lesson they need to learn to make their life changing decision a success is:
ALWAYS REMEMBER TO HAVE A BALANCE!!
Not balancing yourselve to keep you from going over board. That is not easy, and if you do, there are lots of stuff that can safe you. So don`t worry, someone will throw a Danbuoy, or a life ring, or push a Man over board Button on your Raymarine, or if no one comes to your rescue, swim faster!
Back to the lessons!
REMEMBER TO HAVE A BALANCE!!
20% WORK and 80% SOCIAL - THE FIRST LESSON OWNING A YACHT.
So we started immediately with that! We enjoyed a dinner at Sails Retaurant with Dennis and Phoebe from Canada and met another South-African whose house burnt down in St. Francis, Paul. He treated us on too much good Rum and South-African wines!
BALANCE! Easy because we don`t have to worry about drinking and driving as we giggled into our dinghy on our way back to bed!
And when friends invited us for a house warming, we had to go! Marese and Mark moved into this fabulous Mexican looking rustic house, and we could almost play hide and seek!
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| Me,Shonda, Maatjen, Marese, Margaretha, Teresa. |
Coincidently she thinks, but all the time it was nicely planned as the clock struck twelve, Margaretha appeared with a lovely cheese cake and a burning candle and we all sang Teresa a happy bornday!
Still keeping the balance, we sailed the next day for her bornday to the leper colony islands,
and enjoyed the company of friends again. And for her birthday a bunch of dolphins gave her a show right in front of the bows, surfing the swells, dancing with the joy of life.
So as we sailed away from Trinidad the next day, we knew that we did everything we could to set a good example for the first lesson we tried to teach them.
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