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Admit it. If you are a boater, you are a different breed. You march to the tune of a different drum. Most likely, you are more comfortable in shorts and flip flops than you are in slacks and shoes. You plan to spend your weekends on the water rather than working in the yard. You walk through life with a different view of things and it's most likely because there are some things that you understand that most people do not. Here is a list of some of those things: Winter Sucks Okay, maybe I listed this one first because it is currently January. Unless you live in a tropical location, you are probably hating life right now because it is cold outside. Cold weather and recreational boating typically do not mix. That’s why winter sucks. A Bad Day Boating is Still Better Than any Day at the Office Have you ever run aground while boating? Maybe you had engine trouble and had to be towed back to your dock. It’s happened to me. The fact is at the end of the...

Sometimes on a beautiful day, I find myself sitting in my office staring out the window daydreaming that I am on my boat.   The thought of casting off the lines and heading out with the sunshine glistening on the water creeps into my head as a smile finds its way prominently onto my face.   That is usually when someone walks in and asks me a question about vendor management issues and I am immediately brought back to reality.   I guess I’ll have to wait for retirement to experience boating every day.   Does it really have to be that way?   Do we really have to wait until we are at retirement age before we can cast off the lines and point the bow towards paradise?   According to some, the answer is no.   Right now, while you are reading this article there are many individuals doing this very thing, and many of them are not of retirement age. Such is the case with Sheldon and Cyndi, a couple from Ottawa, Canada.   I first found out about ...