Questions & Answers - Q. - You're so brave!  Aren't you afraid?

In the question and answer blogs we'll attempt to answer some of the questions we're often asked in the hopes they may offer some guidance to others who are considering cruising.

A. - We often hear comments that we must be very brave to be cruising.  We'll I'm pretty sure that's not the case.  We work at keeping safe and we try to be smart enough that we don't need to be brave.  In an effort to minimize the risk we've armed ourselves with the best information we could access to face problems we might encounter.  Together we evaluate the problem and make a decision with uppermost consideration given to our safety, to handle the situation.  We make every effort to not take chances by preparing ahead for emergencies.
Once we left Canadian waters it became apparent that we were responsible for our own well-being.  It was obvious that no one was going to "save" us.  We learned by necessity to be self reliant.
Our time cruising has taught us that together we have the where-with-all to manage most situations, so hopefully we don't need to be brave.
Cruising is one of the hardest things we've ever done but also one of the most rewarding.