Wildbill
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2017
- Messages
- 77
- Location
- United States
- Vessel Name
- Still the One
- Vessel Make
- Hatteras 42 LRC
Hi All, Well I've been lurking for a while. They say if you want to give the Lord a good laugh tell him your plans. Well here goes...5 years from retirement from my Hospital and planning...My wife of 37 years is tolerating my urge to do the loop, and cruise awhile till I can't anymore. I have been reading and learning, and refreshing my knowledge. As I approach my last relicensing for my medical license, I will shift my learning from medicine to cruising. My introduction to boats besides the runabout we had at camp began shortly after my father died when I was 11, with 3 older sisters my neighbor who owned North Atlantic fisheries thought I'd become a "sissy boy", so along with his son, my friend, he put us on the boats...initially a stern man for a purse seiner, then a lobster boat and eventually with training and Butt kicking (portuguese fishermans attitude adjustment for smartassed kids), running the boats. At 18 off to college...degree in Fisheries biology, Salmon geneticist, short Air Force stent, Fire fighter, Fire Academy Instructor, EMT, Lieutenant Heavy rescue, and worked for State Environmental Mgt..and 3 kids in between...Mid-life crisis...Off to medical school to become a Physician Associate...25 years later, Looping around to boats and the Great Loop...Still own 3 boats, 2 Bass boats, but all under 20'