Why Haven't You Left?

I was visiting with my friend Tommy on his Downeaster 32 cutter rigged sloop. Tommy is a live aboard. We joke all the time about why he hasn’t left for Hawaii. Unlike a lot of live-aboards who use the boat as a cheap version of an apartment, Tommy is a real sailor. I’ve known him for ten years and during that time he has taken a small sailboat from Los Angeles to Houston, Texas through the Panama Canal. He made several trips from LA to San Francisco and back. There were several month-long trips to Mexico and San Diego. Tommy is not the retired corporate guy with max social security, a pension, and savings. Tommy is an artist. His entire life has been about art. He has the character of early twentieth-century artist living in the French garret, living and breathing his full life into his being and kindness of spirit. Tommy is a musician, a busker. Boat builder, furniture builder, guitar builder, stain glass artist, voiceover artist and raconteur. I’m sure he has more skills, but I haven’t discovered them yet!

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