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The boat show wasn't what we expected at the beginning because the downtown centre was filled with nothing but powerboats and what interested us was really just sailboats. Eventually we found out that we could take a shuttle down to the harbour to look at the sailboats that were all on the water. That was more fun than looking in the building anyway.
So we went to the harbour and spent the afternoon snooping around inside various sailboats of all different styles and sizes. I don't really know anything about sailing yet, but looking at them was fun, kind of like looking at show homes. I found it hard to imagine that T actually lived on a boat for two years of his life. Even the biggest ones are small when you compare them to living in a house. And yet, I can definitely understand the appeal of it, especially to a single person.
We decided to sign up for sailing lessons so we could learn how to crew a boat properly (and legally) ourselves without needing an instructor with us. This will allow us to rent a sailboat on weekends and travel the Gulf Islands and other places like that - though I think there are limitations about travelling on "open seas" - which is fine with me anyway. The classes start in May.
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