Not quite a noobie

[MJKobernus]

Hello all.

I am Mike, from Norway.

I have not owned a boat in many years, but I used to liveaboard in a small sailboat (31 ft) with my family (two little babies and the wife) in Annapolis until the decision was made (not by me) to move to Northern latitudes.

I miss the water and I dream of getting back to it one day, so until that can happen, I need to keep in touch with my soul brothers and sisters.

[JPA Cate]

MJKobernus,


Welcome to CF. Yes, life does not always hand us what we thought we wanted. Very glad to have you aboard, and hope that real good comes of it.

Ann

[GordMay]

Greetings and welcome aboard the CF, Mike.

[Hudson Force]

Mike, Welcome to the community. When you need some connection with those of us on the water, we'll be here for you!

[Adelie]

If you ever travel thru San Diego, let me know I'll take you for a spin on one of the bays.


A house is but a boat so poorly built and so firmly run aground you would never try to refloat it.

[boeing1]

Yes Welcome aboard...

[TrentePieds]

Er du norsk? Uff da ;-)!

Welcome aboard from an FDP — Former Danish Person :-)

TrentePieds

[anacapaisland42]

Hi Mike,
Try a 14to 16 foot catamaran, real sailing, comfortable for wife and 2 babies with the sails down, like a picnic blanket, nice place for young kids to jump into the water when beached. Good place for young kids to fish from.
Bill

Originally Posted by MJKobernus

Hello all.

I am Mike, from Norway.

I have not owned a boat in many years, but I used to liveaboard in a small sailboat (31 ft) with my family (two little babies and the wife) in Annapolis until the decision was made (not by me) to move to Northern latitudes.

I miss the water and I dream of getting back to it one day, so until that can happen, I need to keep in touch with my soul brothers and sisters.

[tkeithlu]

Hey, Mike, my cruising got cut short by a 40 year career on top of a mountain - academics have to go where the job is. But, I spent my spare time in the last ten years building a boat, and have lived on or with it for the last four. There is hope, and I hope you get that chance to return as well. In the meantime, you learned a lot back then that you can share with others on CF, and I hope you will.

[messias]

Hi Mike,

Welcome to CF!
And also welcome to the "Moved-to-a-not-so-great-place-for-sailing" club

I also moved, but it's even worse... I ended up in a land-locked country!
For me it's sailing in the lake until more promising times arrive!

Anyway there are lots of ways to still be "connected" to boats. CF is a great place to start.

[bjymd]

Hai po dai ...did I spell that right. I had many Norwegian friends as a Medical student many years ago. Wonderful people and wonderful country. If you come to the Caribbean give me a pm andI will take you for a sail in the BVI. Welcome to the group.

[TrentePieds]

You can spell Norwegian anyway you like - they themselves are not too sure ;-0)!

But tell you something: Danish, of which Norwegian is but a dialect, has changed in the sixty years since I lived there, and what I hear there today absolutely grates on my ear. I'm always telling people that there are only two people in all the world that speak "proper" Danish any more - me'n'the queen :-)

But Norwegian - ever euphonic, ever pleasant on the ear!

TrentePieds

[MJKobernus]

Hello folkens!

Such a nice welcome, and I appreciate it.

I am not actually Norwegian, but I have lived here over 15 years now.

I have lived in the US and the UK. Now, I am based (stuck?) in Norway.

This weekend I took my wife and our 4 year old out to look at a boat. It was not quite what we wanted, but there is at least hope so long as I can get my wife to come and take look.

But she admitted she was only playing along to keep me happy. (sigh...)

Maybe I should take her aboard something fancy, to fire her imagination?

[weavis]

Originally Posted by MJKobernus

This weekend I took my wife and our 4 year old out to look at a boat. It was not quite what we wanted, but there is at least hope so long as I can get my wife to come and take look.

But she admitted she was only playing along to keep me happy. (sigh...)

Maybe I should take her aboard something fancy, to fire her imagination?

Only if you can afford a €1 million boat.. in my experience, non boating women have plenty of imagination....

[boatman61]

What sort of boats are you looking for/at.. maybe get your wife more involved where the interior layouts are concerned.. a 'mans boat' is invariably hell on earth for women.
However if they have a sense of contribution to the search it can make that important little difference..