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We’re Weathered but Wiser: First Time Cruisers Learn Hard Lessons

By George Day · On April 18, 2018

Living the dream of cruising around the world in their own sailboat, a British couple discover that the life at sea is not all rum drink with umbrellas in them, not all sunny spinnaker run and quiet nights at anchor.  Kellie Pollock, who was a CNN producer, and her husband made it from England to the Mediterranean island of Sardinia in their first six months afloat “weather and wiser” for the experience. Here’s Pollock’s story as it appears on CNN’s website.

 

“I just need to sit under a tree for a while.”

“These were the words of my grab-life-by-the-scruff-of-the-neck husband after finishing our first six months bobbing about in the sea.  Our decision to sell up, buy a boat and sail around the world had been slightly more challenging than anticipated.” Read more.

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