The Sea and Me!

This blog is dedicated to all those who partner amateur sailor,  who love the sea above all else and cannot understand that other people do not always share this. Maybe I will  connect with those who accompany  sailors who know no fear, never suffer from sea sickness, thrive on the feel of stinging cold spray on their faces, relish sleepless nights as they keep watch under the stars, ignore wet feet, sunburn, chapped lips and blistered, rope scored hands and can't smell the inevitable blocked up loo, don't mind bananas for every meal when underway, ..... I could go on 
Those of us who choose to take to the sea with the aforementioned  will know what I am talking about. Often, I say this without meaning to be sexist, they are women like me who have encouraged their men folk to follow their dream only to find out that one man's dream can become another woman's nightmare. Not always, just some of the time.
So why do we, or rather I, do it?
Because there are the few times when it all becomes worth it. When your boat is followed by dolphins, flying fish leap alongside, you see a WHALE, the sunrise turning the sea from red, to gold, arriving at a new destination and meeting new people, leaving for another harbour, but most of all  seeing your partner's face light up when their dreams  are realised.

Most of all, though, this blog is for me and my friends who ask me, "Why do you do it?"
May be we will get some answers!