Don, thanks for the great reply.

At 06:58 PM 9/9/2011, Don Hanson wrote:
>Sailing...living aboard and traveling....it is a tough life, actually.
>It is a really big bad ocean...

I do understand that.  I think I'm the sort of person who would enjoy it.

I fly my underpowered plane right across the country, solo, with
minimum gear.  Partly because I love proving that ordinary people can
achieve a lot with a little low technology and a lot of
self-reliance.  Off-shore sailing feels like a logical next step for
me.  But only after a *lot* of learning.

http://www.sbw.org/trip201009/