svElysium

Trials, tribulations and adventures of refurbishing and sailing our Westsail 42.

I've been rather conflicted in whether we should have a website about our life and adventures in refurbishing this boat and a cruising log. I couldn't decide if ripostes were a function of egotistical cruisers or people that had something to sell. I like to think I'm in neither group, but my guess is I'm wrong. At least, at this time I have nothing to sell.

Since I've enjoyed others sites for the past several years: Project BlueSphere, Westsail Owners Association, another Westsail 42 from a bare hull site, Stacey and Neil's site, the Bumfuzzle's (when they sailed) as well as my staple of bulletin boards; Cruisers and Sailing, Seven Seas Cruising Association, and the Cruisers forum; I realize that as I've received so much from others it is only fair that I offer what I've gathered back at the same price. I'll keep it that way for as long as we can afford it. I know there are many other sites and pages out there; but, these are the ones I've frequented in the last 6 years.

As much of the web is dynamic and constantantly chainging, so too will this site. My commitment to anyone happening upon these pages is that I will make changes at any time , and any time should I feel like these pages begin to own me and I'm a slave to them, I'll either take the pages down or severely curtail my work on them.

I / We're going cruising to experience life on a different outside the traditional American way. We want to be part of living, not completely ensconced in the travails of life that we Americans have become so comfortable with. We want to manage our lives not have living manage us.