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JohnP
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Initially Posted - 03/17/2010 :  09:43:25  Show Profile
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"I teach people how to sail, and help people buy and sell sailboats.

When sailing and the wind shifts, it is either a lift or header, never right or left. A lift comes more from the side, and allows us to turn the boat more into the wind, or upwind, so we can lift our course up. A header comes more from the front, and forces us to bear off and turn downwind, not the way we want to go, our course changing down. However, this gives us an opportunity. When we get a header, we can tack, and the header instantly becomes a lift! Our life is much like this, what is obviously a bad header, is also a wonderful lift, it just depends on which way we need to go, and whether we turn. The opportunity is there, but it is our choice whether or not to turn, and as you know, we sometimes turn the wrong way, and are surprised. But it was our choice, and even when we turn the wrong way, we learn, and if we learn, perhaps our next choice is better, and our course in life is lifted.

Welcome to [url="http://www.sailingtexas.com/"]Sailing Texas![/url]"
David Luckenbach
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"David wrote Sailing - Lifts and Headers on 5/20/09, I hope it helps you sail upwind with a little more fun. David Luckenbach died on Tuesday 23rd February 2010 at 6.28 pm. His greatest wish was that Sailing Texas should continue..."

I think David Luckenbach had a healthy perspective on adversity!

...and I like his website, too!
JohnP
1978 C25 SR/FK "Gypsy"
Mill Creek off the Magothy River, Chesapeake Bay
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 03/17/2010 :  11:01:31  Show Profile
Thanks for sharing this John. It's good to be reminded that a "lift" is just a tack away. Having been un-employed for 8 months, I sometimes forget that.
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superbob
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Response Posted - 03/17/2010 :  11:34:10  Show Profile  Visit superbob's Homepage
Or as someone else wrote, "Life's a reach and then you jibe."
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 03/17/2010 :  11:42:52  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
Good words John ................ thanks!
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Response Posted - 03/17/2010 :  19:21:02  Show Profile
WOW, he will be missed. Sailing Texas was an icon, now it will be a shrine.
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Dave Bristle
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Response Posted - 03/17/2010 :  19:45:55  Show Profile
Inspiring, and true! And John R., I've been there--<i>twice</i>--each time precisely as one of my daughters was about to <i>start</i> college. Then came the third time, which was when <i>I</i> told <i>them!</i> There's nothing quite like <i>that</i> lift! And after hitting the huge header of losing my Admiral, I tacked away and found <i>another</i> wonderful new lift!
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