This is my first attempt to write, so please be gentle with me.
It started as an idea after joining AF and talking to a young lady from Thailand. Not getting much of a rise, I decided to create a story from it, with the desire to adapt it to my preferred route. This will have a slow build as a backstory needs to fill before the fun stuff can begin. So expect a slow first chapter but it will get interesting further on.
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After a second marriage ended due to death from cancer, I decided a major change was needed. I worked all my life in New England, with a working knowledge of the ocean, sailing, and a lust for travel, the time to move became a goal. At 6'1" and 275, I have years of hard work in lumber and tree removal, with a cabin in the White Mountains heated by wood stove.
I officially retired at 65. And it took a year to prepare my little boat to travel. My little boat is a 48 foot sailing catamaran from Fontaine Pajot. Designed for single person captain, the changes in made were for Captain's cabin to be able to have a California King bed and full bathroom with jacuzzi tub. The other additional extras was a built in restraints at the end of the bed in the ceiling and deck. A St Andrew cross and a padded sawhorse. I guess I should come clean and admit to being a dominant. And I wanted to find my matching sub.
The forward rooms were configured for dry storage on the port(left) and cold on the starboard(right). Extra sails, air compressor, fuel storage generator, engine, and solar panels stored below decks. That left plotting a path to Southeast Asia.