[Rhodes22-list] Le Menagerie stays in the family

[L. Sailor]

Jim,

Unconditional love...that's what being a parent is all
about..

Your son may enjoy reading these two books...even if
he is not one to sit & read...both are written by
young people about his age who sailed around the world
alone..."Dove" by Robin Graham and "Maiden Voyage" by
Tania Aebi...If he'd been beaten down & needs a
confidence booster he'll find it in these two
inspiring books...& they're not overwhelmingly lone..

Elle



> 
> 
> --- Jim White <lemenagerie22 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Yesterday my almost 17 year old son was working
> over
> > at a friend of ours boathouse, doing some for-hire
> > manual labor. We brought him some lunch and sat
> > under the porch looking out at the harbor. I
> happen
> > to keep Le Menagerie on his side dock, right in
> our
> > line of view.
> >    
> >   Several weeks ago, my son helped me deliver our
> > new boat, Olivia. During the trip he assumed long
> > wheel and deck watches. He had never expressed
> much
> > interest in sailing with us before this, although
> he
> > is a surfer and worked as a deckhand aboard a
> > headboat last summer. 
> >    
> >   We inherited this kid two years ago from my ex,
> I
> > had never had a great deal of time other than the
> > every other weekend / occasional summer visitation
> > with him. He was a real case - rebellious, screwed
> > up on dope, the whole nightmare nine yards. After
> > applying the hammers of hell, he has turned around
> > (even gets good grades now) and is now a very
> > integral part of the family - even babysits the
> > twins (without too much protest).
> >    
> >   Anyway, yesterday we were talking about having
> the
> > other two boats up for sale (yeah, I have a San
> Juan
> > 23 too, which just sold). He looked at us both and
> > said how he sure wished Menagerie would stay. He
> > really wanted to take it over, learn to sail. So I
> > decided right then and there, hell, we'll never be
> > rich anyway, and what's the sale of a boat as fine
> > as the Rhodes gonna prove anyway....a few buck in
> > the pocket? It was really a matter of time and
> > effort more than anything else. We made a deal.
> I'd
> > keep Le Menagerie, buy out my partner and he could
> > consider her "his" boat. He'll have to be
> > responsible for her upkeep, maintenance, which is
> > what I was afraid I wouldn't have time for anyway.
> > And of course, in teaching him how to sail, I'll
> > still get to keep my hand in it. Works for me.
> >    
> >   So today I am pulling the ad in SailTexas.....
> >    
> >   jw
> > 
> > 
> > Jim White
> > Le Menagerie
> > www.lemenagerie.blogspot.com
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