CURRENT MISSION

Satisfaction of obsession

ABOUT ME

"Instead of going to Paris to attend lectures, go to the public library, and you won't come out for twenty years, if you really wish to learn."

-Leo Tolstoy

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”
- Robert Heinlein

"The menu is not the meal."

PHILOSOPHY

."To be truly challenging, a voyage, like a life, must rest on a firm foundation of financial unrest. Otherwise you are doomed to a routine traverse, the kind known to yachtsmen, who play with their boats at sea - "cruising," it is called. Voyaging belongs to seamen, and to the wanderers of the world who cannot, or will not, fit in. If you are contemplating a voyage and you have the means, abandon the venture until your fortunes change. Only then will you know what the sea is all about.

"I've always wanted to sail to the South Seas, but I can't afford it." What these men can't afford is not to go. They are enmeshed in the cancerous discipline of "security." And in the worship of security we fling our lives beneath the wheels of routine - and before we know it our lives are gone.

What does a man need - really need? A few pounds of food each day, heat and shelter, six feet to lie down in - and some form of working activity that will yield a sense of accomplishment. That's all - in the material sense. And we know it. But we are brainwashed by our economic system until we end up in a tomb beneath a pyramid of time payments, mortgages, preposterous gadgetry, playthings that divert our attention from the sheer idiocy of the charade.

The years thunder by. The dreams of youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of patience. Before we know it the tomb is sealed.

Where, then, lies the answer? In choice. Which shall it be: bankruptcy of purse or bankruptcy of life? "

-Sterling Hayden

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

The small man
Builds cages for everyone
He
Knows.
While the sage,
Who has to duck his head
When the moon is low,
Keeps dropping keys all night long
For the
Beautiful
Rowdy
Prisoners.

-Hafiz

Interests

Blue-water Sailing/Cruising
Singing, classical piano, guitar
Simple, sustainable lifestyles
Wooden boats and boat-building
Climbing things
Cycling and fabrication of franken-bikes
Roller skating!
Long distance hiking and hitch-hiking
Kayaking/Canoeing
learning more musical instruments, juggling tricks, bad jokes, etc.

• singing
• dancing
• dining
• cooking
• traveling
• juggling
• hiking
• canoeing
• kayaking
• windsurfing
• sailing
• rock climbing

Music, Movies, and Books

Film: Werner Herzog, Terry Gilliam, Stephen Chow, Christopher Nolan, Pendelton Ward, Coen Bros.

Print: Neal Stephenson, CJ Cherryh, Stanislav Lem, Stephen King, Tolkein, Joseph Conrad, Jack London, Octavia Butler, Robert Heinlein. Terry Pratchett, Clifford Ashley, John Steinbeck,

Music: The Sword, Saul Williams, Sergei Rachmaninov, Old Crow Medicine Show, Boards of Canada, Townes Van Zandt, Frederic Chopin, Aphex Twin, The Longest Johns, Billy Joel

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Lived aboard and sailed the eastern USA seaboard for 12 years.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have a lot of skills I'm happy to share, many related to making things. We can tie fancy knots, bake pretzels, or I can teach you some music.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Sailing yarns!

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