Scott and Annie... Off 2 Sea the World: Summer 2011 / INSTALLING Equipment

Carpe Diem

Whenever, I get the chance, I love to ask other sailors about their boat name. Our name, Carpe Diem, may seem self evident. However, it really goes much deeper than just “good advice”. A few years back, Scott was told he had less than 6 months to live. Colon cancer had gone undetected for too many years. After 6 months of intense chemo... he finally made it. Then a few years later, complications from a double-by-pass almost killed him again. Today he doesn't let his BP and severe diabetes slow him down. Two years ago he lost most of his vision in one eye and partially in the other...and the list goes on and on and on.

Having a boat to work on (along with a regiment of insulin and dozens of medications) keeps him sailing and out of the ER. This boat probably saved his life! I often think “SURVIVOR” would be a good name for our boat. But that would be a constant reminder of the past struggles. So, for now we try to live one day at a time, and carpe diem, “seize the day”.

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November 13, 2011

Summer 2011 / INSTALLING Equipment

During the summer of 2011 we added a few new toys; a new anchor, an electric windless, a Garmin radar, a Garmin GPS, and also Garmin auto pilot. Since this meant going up the mast, we also replaced our tri-color light and anchor light, and it came with an emergency strobe. The strobe is one light I personally hope we never have to use.

Scott wasn't able to do the mast work for the autopilot, radar and GPS due to his poor vision. Fortunately, our friend Jeff was around to help out. We could not have done it without him.