This is a journey of two women who set sail on a 44 foot sailing vessel. Buffalo to the Bahamas was a very steep learning curve, sprinkled with groundings, leaks and electrical conundrums.
Add in amazing friendships, a group of experienced Canadians cruisers, 3000 nautical miles and you have an enjoyable, truthful adventure into retirement.
Cruising from Buffalo to the Bahamas unleashed my need to comment on what I see. 6 Knots came from our blog, written for friends and family, but read by so many. My diagnostic skills, honed while a nurse practitioner, are turned to life in general. Over the last year, life has gone past me at about 6 knots, plenty of time to see things twice or three times. I want to share what I feel and view from the deck of a sailing vessel. This isn't a book about how to sail or even how to cruise. It is a book about breaking our of the safety of your life and reaching for the challenges, the learning, the self-reliance, the friendships and the sheer joy of being one with the tides and the sea.