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To: rlmorel
We switched to going on sailboat voyages with friends that included some with a lot of sailing experience, and those were the best vacations in my life. (the sailboats were 42’ catamarans out of various places around the Caribbean. Nothing like them. Just wow.

Yep, that's the way to go, it's beautiful in those waters and tons of stuff to do, towns to visit, swimming etc.

34 posted on 10/29/2026 12:36:05 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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The great thing about it was the two physicians who had a lot of sailing experience knew every single island, and every single restaurant and beach to go to.

It was unbelievable.

Little out-of-the-way places that most people didn’t know about, beaches that nobody went to. We always had a very loose itinerary, and we were all good friends, so we all got along… Nobody got bent out of shape, nobody had temper tantrums, nobody pouted. When someone suggested a place to go for a meal, we all just cheerfully went: “OK!”

They were wonderful people. It was four couples, all in our late 50s to mid 60s. And we were all medical personnel, so if anything happened, we weren’t totally dependent on getting help from some Caribbean country which is always spotty.

Those were the best vacations I ever had in my entire life, and I’ve had some damn good ones.


35 posted on 10/29/2026 12:42:37 PM PDT by rlmorel (Gas prices are Temporary. Communism is Forever. Vote Republican.)
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