tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post3492124160509549285..comments2023-07-02T08:20:06.391-07:00Comments on Zac's Blog: Zachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11438212071833438643noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-1884971175330888592008-06-24T12:26:00.000-07:002008-06-24T12:26:00.000-07:00reading your blog. hope thats OK. saw your boat at...reading your blog. hope thats OK. saw your boat at the boat show before you left. i have a dream to sail the world! for me, to read you blog is fantastic. this past year i've just started to learn to sail. took a boat out solo from MDR just yesterday. very proud of this milestone. i love the map updates. like riddles? never read a certain book?<BR/><BR/>Voiceless it cries,<BR/>Wingless flutters,<BR/>Toothless bites,<BR/>Mouthless mutters.<BR/><BR/>chistianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-11967197544628161362008-06-23T22:14:00.000-07:002008-06-23T22:14:00.000-07:00Young Mr. Sunderland:You have become a man now wit...Young Mr. Sunderland:<BR/><BR/>You have become a man now with a man's pursuit and are entitled to the honorific of Mr. Sunderland, while in my old heart, you are that find young man, Zac.<BR/><BR/>I am an old fogey long past the prime of my time and should not be drawing inspiration from a dude of your tender young years ... yet ... here I am and that's what I'm doing. You have convinced me that the game is not over until the final bell is rung, so I think I'll get off my duff and kick up some trouble. I think I may build a Matt Layden microsruiser and do some sailing along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts and the ICW. Perhaps I'll even venture into the Bahamas. It's time to reverse the situation and have my children worry about where I am and what I'm doing! I always told them that I intended to live long enough to be as much a pain to them as they have been to me. That's a bit of a joke, actually. It appears that my efforts at child rearing were largely successful, even though my 23 yo, 5'3", 110 lb. daughter just became a 'biker chick'. She's not holding onto some tatooed guys waist. She bought her own bike, thank you! She says it's due to gas prices and ecological concerns. Yeah, right! By the way, you have some marvelous parents also. Their support of your adventure is uncommon and admirable. There are parts of growing up where it's best for us to just stand back and let the chips fall where they may. Experience teaches! <BR/><BR/>I'm staying up with your blog and look forward to my vicarious sailing every day. Please keep us, your supporters, up to date.<BR/><BR/>The Old Bull of FrogPondAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-91607972125715684682008-06-23T06:25:00.000-07:002008-06-23T06:25:00.000-07:00What an awesome and amazing thing you are doing Za...What an awesome and amazing thing you are doing Zac. I have a question. What sounds do you hear around you ?barefootbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18236986303142195629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-82134021493686624312008-06-21T21:33:00.000-07:002008-06-21T21:33:00.000-07:00Zac,I just found a link to your blog on the Latitu...Zac,<BR/><BR/>I just found a link to your blog on the Latitude 38 site. Good on ya boy! I'll be following vicariously. I know you're counting your blessings having so much support from your family. Mine would not even -consider- letting me buy a dinghy when I was in high school. Dunno why I asked, should have just brought it home.<BR/><BR/>Here's the link to the BBC interview:<BR/><BR/>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7454345.stm<BR/><BR/><BR/>MarcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-24317689210471730712008-06-19T11:18:00.000-07:002008-06-19T11:18:00.000-07:00Zac said, "I am planning on sleeping in the cockpi...Zac said, "I am planning on sleeping in the cockpit tonight, teathered of course to my harness and the boat."<BR/><BR/>What does it mean to be teathered to his harness and boat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-11568588576407867162008-06-18T15:33:00.000-07:002008-06-18T15:33:00.000-07:00good luck! I'll be reading your blog and vicarious...good luck! I'll be reading your blog and vicariously enjoying your successes and sending big positive vibes towards you. <BR/><BR/>enjoy all of it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-64967982033657025972008-06-18T14:21:00.000-07:002008-06-18T14:21:00.000-07:00Zac,I really enjoyed your "first" comments and I c...Zac,<BR/><BR/>I really enjoyed your "first" comments and I can not wait for more. Have a great first night sailing. Please keep us updated.<BR/>Bill<BR/>MinneapolisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-25445946448754225082008-06-18T14:08:00.000-07:002008-06-18T14:08:00.000-07:00Zac,Fair winds and good passage. You are an inspir...Zac,<BR/><BR/>Fair winds and good passage. You are an inspiration to young and old alike. <BR/><BR/>I will keep a candle for you and your family. <BR/><BR/>My husband teaches history and geography, I'm keeping hoping he can have his students ready your blog and follow your voyage when they return to class in August. Believe me, I'll be reading your blog daily.<BR/><BR/>Namaste,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-84819834602408731492008-06-18T13:50:00.000-07:002008-06-18T13:50:00.000-07:00And the first step of the journey begins! All that...And the first step of the journey begins! All that radar equipment will come in really handy.<BR/><BR/>~Kate~Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15343150450344703008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-41111895274638715422008-06-18T11:32:00.000-07:002008-06-18T11:32:00.000-07:00Hey Zac,Just want you to know we're with you in sp...Hey Zac,<BR/>Just want you to know we're with you in spirit. I have your photo posted in the fore bunk of our sailboat and am praying for you every day! We love you and God is with you.<BR/>Jean & Wess Pinkham<BR/>Marina del ReyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-55302290815276999622008-06-18T08:38:00.000-07:002008-06-18T08:38:00.000-07:00Your book is going to make for a GREAT read. I lOV...Your book is going to make for a GREAT read. I lOVE it already.<BR/>You are on your way to being a wonderful story teller, Zac.<BR/>Blessings be with you.<BR/>xoxo<BR/>DZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-57032485612176491672008-06-18T07:17:00.000-07:002008-06-18T07:17:00.000-07:00Hi Zac!This is to wish you and her all the best fo...Hi Zac!<BR/><BR/>This is to wish you and her all the best for your adventure! As we say in German: May you always have a hand´s width of water under the keel!<BR/><BR/>PS: Just decided to send your mum that newspaper page I found your picture on. Mums love that (-;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-18589519098408258272008-06-18T05:25:00.000-07:002008-06-18T05:25:00.000-07:00HI Zac,I have been following your adventure and ad...HI Zac,<BR/><BR/>I have been following your adventure and admire your moxie in taking on such an awesome trek. I grew up on the Gulf of Mexico and could sail before I could ride a bicycle. I identify with you. Some of my best memories as a kid were those of sailing alone; full and bye with the chain plates buried.<BR/><BR/>When my son was only 5 and sailing with me one fine day with a fresh breeze he became excited when the waves would break over the bow and drench us as it flashed up from the spray rail. He said; “It’s a good thing that Mom isn’t with us today because if she were, she’d fuss!” That’s what I named my boat; “Mamma’s Gonna Fuss”.<BR/><BR/>She was a Fish Class gaff rigged sloop, 23’. As my Dad would say; “Son, there are few women in this world as beautiful as a well rigged ship.”<BR/><BR/>Zac, I look forward to following your progress. When we lived in South Africa we visited the Cape of Good Hope. I remember looking south over the ocean and imagining all the adventurous men who had rounded that point and what an awesome experience sailing into the unknown would have been like. Well. You’re not in unknown waters but good enough for me.<BR/><BR/>If you ever find time to respond, I would be awfully impressed.<BR/><BR/>Highest Regards,<BR/><BR/>JimJim Fulltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12116067869585868904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-88824288594017918062008-06-18T01:24:00.000-07:002008-06-18T01:24:00.000-07:00great i will continue to read your blogsgreat i will continue to read your blogsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-40727400964047248222008-06-18T00:24:00.000-07:002008-06-18T00:24:00.000-07:00Hi Zac,wishing u all success. Hubert.Hi Zac,<BR/>wishing u all success. <BR/>Hubert.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16281856203150118245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-26975529006112179002008-06-17T22:42:00.000-07:002008-06-17T22:42:00.000-07:00You've got thousands and thousands of kindred spir...You've got thousands and thousands of kindred spirits around the world looking at the same stars you are at this very moment. We can't be there in person but we're there in spirit. Steady as she goes.......<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>ScottFulgumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794483723530764522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1496489450166516267.post-24646736064834799192008-06-17T22:36:00.000-07:002008-06-17T22:36:00.000-07:00What an incredible journey you are embarking on. ...What an incredible journey you are embarking on. Kudos to you, and your parents. While a true novice sailor in comparison to you, I did grow up sailing on the east coast in small lakes and on larger boats in the Chesapeake. Now living in landlocked Colorado, we simply dont have the same opportunities to be able to teach my kids to sail as I learned. I plan to check in with your experiences and have my kids do the same so they can learn a little about them as you go. I am jealous, and wish only the best for you in your journey. Fair winds to you Zac. Thank you for sharing your story.Derekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04406270658772116169noreply@blogger.com