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Originally Posted by edsailing
the one thing you get to know from experience is that there's so much more to learn!
As a skipper, always put the safety of your crew first, the boat second and the rest of the world comes last.
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How true, how true!
We recently had lunch with an old non-cruiser friend. We were talking about attending a few seminars on boat maintenance and upkeep for our power catamaran, when our friend asked why we were doing it; "as if you need to." I think that attitude is a good pointer towards the difference between a relatively safe arrival at one's destination and the need to call for help.
Many years ago I was cautioned, "be sure you can tell the difference between 10 years' experience and one year's experience repeated ten times." In all areas, that's a good caution to keep in mind. Our travels have been strewn with mistakes and surprises and new things learned. Unavoidable, just as long as we avoided complacency (we didn't always!)