Broken Hearted....

Well, that was short lived…It’s with great regret that I have to announce that my sailing circumnavigation trip has come to an abrupt end. Since this is a public forum, I think the easiest way to explain my departure from the trip is a personality conflict.  If you want more details shoot me a message on facebook or something.  I knew this was a risk when finding something on the internet, but it was a risk I was willing to take for the opportunity of a life time, so it’s a bummer that it didn’t work out.  I am wishing the best of luck to Joe and Mike in finding a replacement crew and making it around the world. 

So what does this mean exactly.... I loved the sailing parts of the trip, and I learned a ton. In 2 weeks at sea I actually had the opportunity to experience most sailing conditions out there, from windless doldrums to 30 knot winds with huge swells, with water crashing over the boat (it was pretty awesome). I got to see pods of dolphins, whales, and a shark; I am reminded to be grateful for what I did get to experience. I would love to try again at some point, but the deal I made with Christine is that if this didn’t work out, I wouldn’t try again, at least until after we have had kids and they are all grown up. 

I am not done with my adventure yet that’s for sure.  Currently Christine and I are enjoying our time in Zihuatanejo, and then in January we are headed back to Korea together.  From there I will hang out in Korea for a few weeks until the next break from school (Lunar New Year), then Christine and I (and anyone who wants to join us???) will take a trip to either Bali or Phuket, we’re still trying to decide.  After the break Christine will head back to Korea for the school year, and I will stay behind for a few months and begin my training to become a scuba dive instructor.  It will cost about the same as sailing around the world, and this way, a lot of the money on gear and insurance that I’ve already spent won’t be wasted. And now once I am done, I’ll have a skill that I can use wherever we end up next. Also, it means regular contact with Christine, instead of 2-3 weeks at a time with out her hearing anything from me.  I should be back to Korea by the end of May, so hopefully I’ll be able to catch some of my old students graduating.  So really it’s a win-win situation for us. (I am trying to be optimistic about everything).

There is some good that came out of this though, while on the boat I had a revelation that I was actually really excited about the prospect of having kids with Christine.  For those of you that know me, you realize that is a HUGE deal.  Never before have I wanted A kid, let alone, multiple kids and a family, and all that stuff.  So maybe I needed to have this experience in order to get this point.  And if you’re wondering about my tattoo, and what I am going to do about filling in the anchor, I have decided to fill it in with the names or something symbolic of our children.

For those of you faithful readers following along at home, first I want to say thanks, and secondly I am sorry I won’t be able to complete this adventure.  Try not to judge too harshly.  I will continue to update a long the way, but probably not as frequently, it will probably be much more scuba oriented.   Thanks for all of the support I have received over the last few months.

Thanks for the prayers, keep it real.