Reasons for doing it -1!

So what is it about sailing which keeps us WAWAWs coming back for more. I can't answer for my fellow WAWAWs but there are two over riding reasons for me to keep  returning to the boat, the sea and my intrepidation.

Firstly, but probably not the most important one, is the leaving and arriving!
There is something magical about slipping away from a mooring, out into the sea, and not being entirely certain what your next port of call will be like (and in the case of the WAWAW whether you will even make it!).

OK, there's all the bits in between, the good, the bad and the unpredictable but there is, also, an anticapation which is unlike anything else you may experience.  You may see very little but then when you do see something it is always fascinating. Whales off the coast of Marmaris, dolphins playing around the boat, flying fish, sword fish and always the changing colour of the sea.

Then there is the arrival at a new harbour, marina or anchorage. Yes, I know,this is  one of the biggest causes of stress for the genuine WAWAW  but, you must admit, arrival at anywhere new in a boat  is an adventure.

There is nothing quite like it. Arrival at an airport,or  a train or coach station just doesn't feel the same. Maybe there is a sense of relief attached to this but, I think it is more than this, we feel a sense of achievement - we've made it!