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NAVIGATING TOWARDS A LIFE WITH PURPOSE

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NAVIGATING TOWARDS A LIFE WITH PURPOSE

When the opportunity to go sailing came along soon after retirement, I grabbed it. Preparing myself and t ...

When the opportunity to go sailing came along soon after retirement, I grabbed it. Preparing myself and the boat for wandering the seas would give me something to work towards. I had found the feeling ...

November 29, 2020
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"Helms Alee": Learning To Sail At 62

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"Helms Alee": Learning To Sail At 62

It’s my turn at bow watch. I look to the sides, then straight ahead as the ship motors through water smoo ...

It’s my turn at bow watch. I look to the sides, then straight ahead as the ship motors through water smooth as glass. The morning mist still hangs on the deeply forested islands surrounding us and the ...

January 01, 2020
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Before & After: Sheila Blake

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|Date: June 01, 2019
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Before & After: Sheila Blake

Landscape photographer Sheila Blake has undertaken some big adventures in her life, not the least of whic ...

Landscape photographer Sheila Blake has undertaken some big adventures in her life, not the least of which was immigrating to Canada from the UK as a newlywed in 1966. The marriage may not have lasted ...

June 01, 2019
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Poster Boy for Retirement

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Poster Boy for Retirement

When Craig Bassett and his wife retired to the Comox Valley from North Vancouver six years ago, he had ne ...

When Craig Bassett and his wife retired to the Comox Valley from North Vancouver six years ago, he had never been in a kayak and didn’t own a bike. He watched as his Island neighbours vigorously pedal ...

December 01, 2016
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Seawise Women Cruise 2008

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Seawise Women Cruise 2008

When she was 10 years old, Sue Hargreaves read a book that sparked her lifelong dream to sail. Swallows a ...

When she was 10 years old, Sue Hargreaves read a book that sparked her lifelong dream to sail. Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome is set in the English Lake District not far from the coast where S ...

September 01, 2008
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