Hi Sailing Pivo,
Life certainly is a journey isn't it. I am sorry to hear of that sad part to yours but I think its great to see you making positive steps forward and not ruling anything out for the future, that's great.
I also have a story which I can share at a later date but basically I need to organise a trip from NZ to Melbourne and back again to pick up 'a friend'
I need to find either :
1. A skipper with a boat who wants to do the trip ( me paying for everything obviously )
2. To crew on a boat over there and then both of us crew on a bat back
3. Buy a bo