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Salamander - Ralph - Why am I doing ARC 2022?



I'm Ralph, a medic who strayed into business, until recently working a bit too hard and didn't have time to think about the bigger stuff like what happens after work stops. Three decades ago, in the days before children, when starting to sail, I devoured everything about sailing around the world. Then life happens and hey.


I didn't think about it again until recently, triggered by some very clever marketing from one of the British manufacturers, essentially plugging the idea you've only got one life and a circumnavigation, while agile and healthy enough, is the best way to see the planet. So I got thinking. Realistically it's a five year project, from finding a boat, through getting used to it, and then the planning, even before setting off. So if I am going to do it, I better get cracking, and see if I have the stuff even for one three week passage, let alone the five or six for a circuit from the UK. If it turns out it is a "go", then I also wanted to understand more of the systems, thinking and planning, and people things necessary for a good lap. So I looked for an ARC passage on a sound heavy displacement monohull, the sort I would do it on, with history and experience. Salamander is perfect, a 30 ton long keel blue water cruiser, and Chris and Sue are model teachers on the art of
circumnavigation.


Ralph - Star Gazer and Guest Social Media Editor


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