Kim Weston
Member
Hi, thanks for the opportunity to ask questions.
I read online that you spent considerable time, in your teens, on your pop's (largish) sailboat. I'm curious as to whether or not sailing is still part of your family's activities or interests, or whatever. I imagine that photography was done during your trips (?), but I wonder about processing. Anything you care to say about this sort of thing would be appreciated.
I'm a landlubber, recently interested in liveaboard sailboats, which I'm seeing as a means of exploring. Not unlike traveling (and living) in an RV, with one major difference being that you don't have to pay for gas, highway tolls, etc. (And 30 to 40 year old sailboats can be surprisingly cheap, in the general cost range of a new car.) Fwiw I'm also a life-long photographer, albeit in a different realm, similar in age to you.
Sailing is not so much in the family anymore but being on the water is. We have a fishing boat that we take out in The Monterey Bay. I did a ton of sailing in my younger years but having a sailboat is a pretty costly endeavor over time. We love our little Arima boat! Once I got back from Tahiti that is when I started to take photography more seriously. When I was aboard I didn't do much photo. That sounds like a great plan and I hope your sailboat idea is a successful one. It can definitely be rewarding.