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  • 27 Dec 2012 22:47
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    David, I think the deadline may be the end of Jan not December
  • 27 Dec 2012 21:54
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    Does this come under the heading of "The Joys of Cruising"?
    As I sail over from Molokai to Oahu, I have been filling in my income tax return online, 3 days before the deadline. I've probably made a lot of mistakes, but... [shrug].
  • 27 Dec 2012 21:35
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    David Tyler wrote:

    Now I understand. About 18 years ago, my wife was in a similar situation, but unfortunately she lost her battle with cancer. I do hope that your wife wins her battle, and that you will both be able to take up the cruising life again.

    She is figting ... we are fighting, hoping ...
    Thanks.
  • 27 Dec 2012 21:03
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    Jean Estor wrote:

    Thank you David, in fact I am not afraid of reading or writing in some English at least what I call English, (speaking is another story ,,,).

    I don't step very much in all the very interesting posts of the JRA not because of the language but for my personal situation regarding sailing.

    Now I understand. About 18 years ago, my wife was in a similar situation, but unfortunately she lost her battle with cancer. I do hope that your wife wins her battle, and that you will both be able to take up the cruising life again.
  • 25 Dec 2012 08:42
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    Thank you so much from both of us …
  • 24 Dec 2012 22:07
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    This is the time of year when we both appreciate and miss the ones the we love the most.  Both my parents had cancer and I know how difficult it often is to cope.  But your wife is very lucky to have some one so caring and loving to help carry the burden.  Take good care of yourself, too. 

    The JRA is not only for those who have junk-rigged boats, but for those who dream and those who struggle to achieve their dream.  Best of all it is a caring community, albeit a 'virtual' one.  Wishing you a peaceful and calm Christmas Day.
  • 24 Dec 2012 21:12
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    Jean, I feel for you and your wife. I hope all will come right and you'll be able to live the life that you wish to once again.
  • 24 Dec 2012 20:40
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    Seconded.  jds
  • 24 Dec 2012 19:25
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    Jean,
    I rarely attempt to speak for others, but I am confident that in this case I can say that all of us sympathize with your and your wife's plight, and wish you the very best outcome.
    In all my years now with the JRA my only junk-rigged, actually sailable boat has been an 8' x 4' plywood box, deeply rockered, known as a modified Bolger Brick and called by me The Brunk (Brick x Junk).  I am working on a boat that I bought almost two years ago now, thinking at the time that she was ready to sail, and still don't have a sailable boat, but the folks here put up with me nevertheless.  I am sure that whatever you choose to post will be welcomed.
    This past year I was diagnosed with, and treated for, cancer, but to my good fortune my cancer was a form easily treated and with an almost 100% survival rate when caught early, as mine was.  Even so it was very frightening, and the treatment debilitating.  I can only imagine the horror and discomfort you and your wife must feel, and as I said, wish you the very best that can possibly be.
  • 24 Dec 2012 17:17
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    Thank you David, in fact I am not afraid of reading or writing in some English at least what I call English, (speaking is another story ,,,).


    I don't step very much in all the very interesting posts of the JRA not because of the language but for my personal situation regarding sailing.


    I bought an empty steel hull in 1976 and we (my wife and two very young children, the youngest being nine months old ) left France in 1979. Having sailed from Brittany to Turkey, then out of the Mediterranean to the west Indies, passed Panama and reach Tahiti. We settled there for money reasons and for having our kids at school as we didn't want to be in position to determine their future.

    After my children graduates and chose their own ways, and having sold our 'now to big a boat' we were looking for a new voyaging home when my wife was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of cancer and the worst possible chromosome variation in that case.

    We flew back to France to get the required treatment as nothing serious in this case could be undertook neither in Tahiti nor cruising around.


    Now we are stuck in France as I can't imagine leaving her by her own even for a few days.


    May be, may be … one day ... we will be in a position to look for a new boat, and she will be junk rigged !


    So I collect the more informations I can for that day as I have no direct experience in Junk sailing.


    Luckily I found the JRA site ...


    ;-0))
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