On the contrary, the global median age is 30 years old, meaning more people are closer to 30 than 50, yet the sailing world doesn’t reflect that reality. The average age is more than just a statistic in a magazine, it’s a fact I can attest to from my own personal experience. There are a large plethora of reasons this may be true, but now is the perfect time for the younger generation to start sailing.
Read MoreEvery June, around the globe, members of the LGBTQ+ community rush to the streets in protest to show that they refuse to be anything less than their authentic selves, no matter what society or the law dictates. Much like their foremothers who started the modern day LGBTQ+ rights movement, they will continue throwing bricks until the day comes when we are accepted as equal in the eyes of society and the law.
Read MoreDo you own a boat? Do you know about boats? Have you talked to someone who owns or knows about boats? If you can answer yes to any of these questions, you’ve probably heard of West Marine. It’s basically the best Marine supply store in the United States. I don’t know if that is actually true, but it definitely feels like it
Read MoreI was Pavlovian even. I drooled at the thought of being successful. Drool coming out of this face? Not a beautiful sight. In the end though, it left me wondering what is success and how exactly does one achieve it?
Read MoreCrafting your personal brand is like going through puberty and you have to figure out who you want to be. You then proceed to answer all the questions that started this paragraph, and bam, you have your personal brand. Your mission statement, your uvra, your marketing face that you will show to the world
Read MoreI had always equated my life to a film or television; that’s the way I viewed the world, through the lense of the media I adored. So, as we continue this journey, I’m beginning to wonder, am I Indiana Jones yet?
Read MoreThe LGBTQ+ community, for example, has a laundry list of tasks that lie before us everytime we travel, even here in the United States. It’s an action that most people don’t even think about before they travel, and for good reason, because they don’t have to. So there are many of us who ask, is it safe to travel there?
Read MoreThat person who kicked me square in the ass, with no regards for what I thought about it, was Dan and Kika from Sailing Uma. Obviously, not literally, we’ve never met those two beautiful individuals. Watching their videos inspired us beyond words
Read Moreo be perfectly honest, I don’t know what has brought all of you here. Was it sailing, or just the sheer beauty of our faces. Perhaps it’s the fact that the LGBTQ+ sailing community is somewhat small and you all like connecting with other members. In the end, the reason doesn’t really matter, it’s that we are all here now. But, the thought has plagued me for quite some time, and it really shouldn’t.
Read Moreet’s get the obvious out of the way, this sucked. I can’t quite think of a more elegant way to put that other than, it sucked. If you were hoping that I, Jake, would write words that were a bit more Shakespearean, I apologize for my one dollar word. My thirtieth birthday went off with a bang, literally, as our keel ran into some rocks.
Read MoreRecently, we moved printers for our merchandise. In doing so, we also changed up designs that we offer. Some of the original designs moved with us, but we also created a handful of new ones. Hope you enjoy the designs!
Read MoreMother Nature is not something you play it by ear with. You respect her, and follow in her footsteps. At no point should you ever try to fight her, instead, you work with her and move to and fro as she sees fit. Which is why as a sailor you want a plethora of tools at your disposal so that you follow the safest path possible. In this specific case, our focus is on Predict Wind, a weather and wind app
Read MoreClose your eyes. Take a deep breath. Now, imagine the most magnificent classic boat, something from the Age of Exploration. What is the first thing that appears in your mind’s eye? Hold onto that beautiful thought while I drop some knowledge on you. Knowledge that will blow your mind hole. There is one thing that appears in every thought that crosses your mind when you imagine these boats. Can you guess what it is?
Read MoreIf you reached out, and touched the line where the sky meets the ocean, they say that’s where dreams are made. If you were to reach that spot, just beneath the sun, all of your wishes would come true. The gods would descend from the mountain and praise you for your inhuman feat, and the world would be handed to you on a silver platter. Perhaps, this was the goal for Alexander.
Read MoreThe past six months peace of mind has been a luxury. For most of us, we’ve been stressed beyond comparison and can’t even imagine what else could possibly go wrong. This year alone has felt like a lifetime of problems have arisen and we face them down like a Spartan army ready to battle something twice our size. So, when I came face to face with genuine peace of mind recently, I was more than a little pleased and surprised.
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