Confessions of a Reluctant Sailor Ebook Out On Kindle Unlimited

Hi everyone! My book Confessions of a Reluctant Sailor is out this week for 99 cents (or free on Kindle Unlimited).

It follows our journey for the first 2 years in our first boat, the 31 foot steel boat Falkor.

I do want to stress that this book is very much about my emotional journey as both a reluctant sailor (as in terrified) and the grief stricken person I was when we started (we almost ended our relationship 3 months before setting sail and then my youngest brother died two months before we left).  So this is very much not about what we saw but more about the emotional healing sailing brought me and us. There is also a little on the digital nomad lifestyle for anyone thinking of starting it.

If that does sounds like something you would like then please check it out! But if you are looking for more of a where to go and what to see it will disappoint!

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Who doesn’t want to quit the rat race and pack it all in to see the world?

And it is not as if Sherrie and Patrick were strangers to travel. They met on Patrick’s first round the world trip by motorcycle. Sherrie fell hard for the open road and the freedom of two wheels and a tent.

How much harder could living on a sailboat be?

Or at least that was Patrick’s opinion. Sherrie is a Newfoundlander. She thought it prudent  to bring up the Titanic whenever Patrick mentioned his dream of sailing around the world.

And then they had babies.

Which meant that dream of sticking them in a sidecar was no longer so realistic. Because putting imaginary babies in your sidecar is very different from putting breathing ones in. The desire to keep up a semi nomadic lifestyle beckoned, but could Sherrie get over her fear of living on the ocean?

And just as she agrees to commit to a life afloat, heartbreak and betrayal threaten to end the trip before it even begins.

Confessions of A Reluctant Sailor tells of how one family on the verge of breaking up and a woman brought to her knees with grief, went forward with fulfilling a dream and knitting themselves back together, all the while learning the very real difference between fear and danger.

If you have ever dreamed of packing up and escaping the rat race, or even wondered how to move forward during a time of heartbreak and loss, get your copy today.

Available for 99 cents during launch week only!

Tour Of Our New Boat! A 1978 Moody 42

Falkor has officalliy changed hands and now is with his new owner and we have moved onto Adare!

Check out the tour by these two adorable little guys:

And the false start if you are so inclined 😛

Bequia

Sailing is fixing your boat in exotic places!

Sailing is fixing your boat in exotic places! First the anchor chain. Actually first it was the Genoa that's still not repaired (which is why we're now picking it up in St. Lusia rather than Barbados). But the anchor chain trumped everything as the thought of finding out the boat had decided to sail to Mexico without us was rather depressing. Now the water pump in the engine is leaking. So we're off this morning to get that fixed before heading to St. Lucia. Fingers crossed it will be quick and relatively painless as it's just the seal leaking. Being a full time cruiser is not a perpetual holiday. It is most definitely an adventure and those are very different creatures indeed (and why sometimes you need a holiday! 😜) I was journalling this morning (sidenote: first morning in a week that Mr. Man is finally 100% himself allowing me to have morning journalling back. BLISS!!!) & thinking about how a lot of people think this life is one of escape. We did escape our golden cages but life follows you. And the true escape from the golden cage is being your own source of happiness. So long as you're always chasing outside validation (be it more money, more status or the belief that next city or beach is where happiness is) you will get a shot of happiness that disappears. Outside validation is not self replenishing. Finding it inside is so much harder but in the end it's the only well that you can replenish and take control of. And that will keep you from losing your sh$t when things go wrong as they always will (eventually! It's physics what goes up must come down!). Otherwise you'll find yourself running back for the illusion of safety that shiny cage gives you. BTW Leaving the cage doesn't have to mean travel. It means living whatever life lights you up. It can mean giving up your high paying job and downgrading all your expenses so you can afford to write. Or even becoming a barista because you love coffee and people and not taking your job home with you. It's whatever is happiness to you. That's what's outside the cage. Even if everyone else thinks you're crazy for choosing it.

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