Heeling is Healing, discover your own writing voice while sailing.
Just like in sailing we surrender to the wind in writing you have to surrender to the voice of your inner self and learn to harness that energy.
Capt'n G
My name is Gerhardus
My birth name is Gerhardus, but you can call me G. I have been sailing since I was a teenager. I totally fell in love with sailing and being on the water. I have taught sailing for many years, worked as a deck hand on a freighter, performed in a kayak performance troupe, and worked as a captain. As a writer my resume is just as varied: I have degrees in journalism and playwriting. I work as a free lance journalist and playwright. I have written short stories, a novel, screenplays and wrote and performed my own poetry.
Do it!
Every time people tell me about how passionate they are about reading and that it is their dream to write my response is:
Do it! Why wait?
From all the activities you can do in life writing is the cheapest and the most satisfying - says he who is biased.
I am going to make you feel comfortable with pen and paper and teach you that your voice and your story are what’s it about. Since language is a shared medium with rules and conventions I will also teach you how to be your own critic, and how to break rules. The objective is to help you take the first step in becoming a writer.
The Trip
Elske's home port is Summit North Marina in Bear, DE. We will leave around hight tide and will come back with the tide as well. The destination is the Chesapeake Bay where we will anchor and spend the night. Where exactly we will drop anchor depends on current and wind. Elske is a safe and trustworthy vessel capable of withstanding heavy weather, however, if a hurricane occurs we will stay in port until the storm blows over and then continue our quest.
Tabula Rasa
The empty page is the ultimate human challenge.
About
SV Elske
Elske is an aluminum 46 foot cutter designed by McCurdy & Rhodes and built in 1986 in the Netherlands. There are five bunks, two in the v-berth in the bow, two in the stern cabin and one in the main cabin. There are two heads and one kitchen. Guests are not required to lend a hand in the sailing operation of the vessel, but helpt will be appreciated. Anyone on a vessel underway is however to maintain proper lookout.
Meal preparation, the making of coffee and tea, is something we will have to take turns in doing.
There are clean sheets for all the beds and there are blankets, feel free to bring a sleeping bag. Please use soft bags for your luggage there is no space to stow suitcases. I also have towels.