by Ray Jason
For
nearly a decade I have been using the internet in an attempt to
persuade people that an ocean-going sailboat is the best defense
against an increasingly fragile and volatile world. My contention
has been that small groups of like-minded cruisers could band
together to create Sea Gypsy Tribes.
These
sailors would prepare their vessels to respond to any type of
cataclysmic event. Regardless of whether it might be an economic
collapse or a grid-down emergency or any other crisis, a
well-equipped, any-ocean sailboat is the best escape pod.
Unfortunately,
my Sea Gypsy Tribe idea did not catch on as I hoped it would. But
because the sea gypsy life is such a sane approach to authentic and
balanced living in this often lunatic and artificial world, I believe
that people should consider it as a life path. Because of the
down-sizing and true self-reliance that it requires, it allows one to
not just survive - but to actually FLOURISH!
With
the spread of the Wuhan Virus around the globe, the defensive
capabilities of the ocean sailing lifestyle again become prominent.
(Note that I do not refer to the disease as COVID-19. There are two
reasons for that. First, is my contrarian inclination to never
accept, without careful scrutiny, any narrative that our leaders
rulers foist upon us. And second, because of the quaint old nautical
tradition of naming previously undiscovered reefs after the ships
that pile up onto them. So why not give Wuhan that distinction,
rather than saddling the plague with a name that only Hal, the
computer from 2001 Space Odyssey, might invent.)
