Boat U.S. - March 2009 - (Page 56) etation emerged from a submarine world full of vibrant reefs and colorful life. Here, the boys earned their PADI open-water dive certificates, and we became one with our life — paying attention to the skies and weather, while things such as a daily change of clothes didn’t matter anymore. Bathing in the lagoon and always wearing swimsuits were enough. Between dives, they completed the home-schooling program. Living on the boat brought them an appreciation of the way things work, their environmental impact, how much they really do and don’t need. Watching this happen made the weeks we shared in Rangiroa all the more precious because just as my labors began to bear fruit, my five months with them drew to a close. From Rangiroa we sailed our last passage together to Tahiti, “Every skill I once had was rusty — taking a sextant sight, working on the engine, and boat where the boys’ dad took over maintenance. I had to learn everything all over again.” the turnkey operation. I flew home, and the three of them sailed on to Raratonga, Western Samoa, Wallis hauled Shangri La in New Caledonia, packed up the shells and souvenirs, and came home. Island, and Fiji, to New Caledonia. The time I spent at sea in my youth gave me Separated by half a planet, the boys and I direction, affecting my everyday and long-term stayed connected by e-mail; I read how Sam took choices and decisions. I’d hoped lessons learned over doing all the dishes and cleaning, and his by the boys would include a matured sense brother handled the communications. With the of responsibility and self-accountability in the single-sideband radio, Nicholas sent regular fish world, gratitude for opportunities, and awareness reports, asked for rust-prevention instructions, that so much is possible, given the will to try. I and described a dawning curiosity about engines knew they’d come away from a year at sea in a and mechanics. All too soon, in July 2008, different place than they would have been after they finished building memories with their dad, another year at their local school. BoatU.S. Magazine March 2009 photo by nicholas berner
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