About

Aloha, my name is Charlie. I’ve been a working stiff, working in Seattle and then Long Beach. I aged to 50 years old, and corporate America said, “Hey, you’re old. I was involuntarily retired” (I was told I was unqualified to do the work I’ve been doing and was let go). I ran away from the corporate world and life by moving to the Big Island, Hawaii. Fast forward 8 years. Life was good. I felt good; I swam about a mile 3-4 days a week, I would hike several miles with my pups. Every day, I was enjoying the normal life. I figured, you know, I should see a doctor. The doctor said, “Hey, you know, you probably should get a colonoscopy because you’re old.” Yeah, no problem, that’s easy. I did, and I found out I had cancer. You can read about that in my cancer journey. I had always wanted to sail the world, and now that life had changed pretty drastically, I realized I should. You know, when I was young, my brother and I would joke, “Yeah, you start dying as soon as you’re born. We can get hit by a car and die. Life is short, enjoy it.” It never was real to me until cancer. When I was facing death, staring it right in the face, I realized life is short; enjoy every day. Fortunately, at the moment, I’m free of cancer, I am going to enjoy every day. I have always wanted to travel the world. I’ve always wanted to sail some and take my little motorhome with me. So, this is my journey of running away from the normal life of “mow the lawn, take care of the house” to finding a sailboat, relearning how to sail, figuring out how the heck I travel the world, and doing it. For now, there are two blogs. One is my travel blog, and that’s kind of me running away (though I still like Hawaii and maybe I’ll go back someday), traveling around to my friends and family as I get things settled down. Then traveling to find my boat. My main blog is my sailing journey. I don’t know how long it’ll be, or how long it’ll last, but it’s about my life on a sailboat.