YOU KNOW YOU’RE A SAILOR WHEN…
You know you’re a sailor when you know the difference between a sheet used on a bed and a sheet used to pull in a sail.
You know you’re a sailor when you realize you can’t assume “Red, Right, Return” is always correct.
You know you’re a sailor when you use your head to go to the toilet instead of think with it.
You know you’re a sailor when you have friends in every port.
You know you’re a sailor when you can clean your whole body with one small sink of water.
You know you’re a sailor when you can look at the ripples in the water and tell if they are from a school of small fish, the wind, or the current.
You know you’re a sailor when you can differentiate a canal, a channel, and a natural tributary.
You know you’re a sailor when you know the horn signal to the bridge tender is one long followed by one short blast.
You know you’re a sailor when you know which bridge columns to go through to safely get to the other side.
You know you’re a sailor when you wake up on a boat seeing the vapors of your own breath because it’s 29 degrees inside the cabin; and, you’d still rather be there than toasty warm in your landlocked home.
You know you’re a sailor when you’re interested about the journey as much as the destination.
You know you’re a sailor when you realize there’s always one more thing you’re going to learn about being a sailor.
Written by: B. Jean Glenn 12-08-09