Retired today

glennd3 · July 02, 2021, 11:21:32 AM

I will be able to go sailing any day the wind is good. I hated just having the weekends to sail.

Ron Hill · July 02, 2021, 11:56:15 AM

Glenn : Congratulation!! Think about joining Fleet 12 Chesapeake Bay. Get together with other C34 owners and access to the Fleet Tool Box (Cutless bearing tool, Loos gage and many more) Contact Susan Recla ... sbrecla@comcast.net !!

A thought

Stu Jackson · July 02, 2021, 11:56:38 AM

Congratulations.

Now you'll need to find a hobby. Wait!...

waughoo · July 02, 2021, 09:58:59 PM

Huzzah!! That is how you do it!

robbjd · July 03, 2021, 06:04:01 AM

Glenn, congratulations! I also retired Wednesday. We'll be sailing our recently purchased 34 MK2 from Penetanguishene on Georgian Bay to her home port of Sarnia, Ontario on Lake Huron over the next several weeks. Many people have told me that they had an adjustment period after retiring. I guess mine was all of 24 hours!

John Robb
Mystic
1997 C34 Mk II
Hull # 1344

glennd3 · July 03, 2021, 12:22:07 PM

I have to say it feels a little weird. I have to tell the wife to leave me alone for a couple of months. I just want to be able to take a nap in the afternoon then have a Manhattan. Some people say I will get bored. I say if that happens I will drive around the capital beltway at rush hour and stare at the brake lights which I have watched for 30 years. I am 62 how old are you?

Quote from: robbjd on July 03, 2021, 06:04:01 AM
Glenn, congratulations! I also retired Wednesday. We'll be sailing our recently purchased 34 MK2 from Penetanguishene on Georgian Bay to her home port of Sarnia, Ontario on Lake Huron over the next several weeks. Many people have told me that they had an adjustment period after retiring. I guess mine was all of 24 hours!

John Robb
Mystic
1997 C34 Mk II
Hull # 1344

glennd3 · July 03, 2021, 12:23:07 PM

I joined last year. I missed the first raft up. I had a car show that weekend.

Quote from: Ron Hill on July 02, 2021, 11:56:15 AM
Glenn : Congratulation!! Think about joining Fleet 12 Chesapeake Bay. Get together with other C34 owners and access to the Fleet Tool Box (Cutless bearing tool, Loos gage and many more) Contact Susan Recla ... sbrecla@comcast.net !!

A thought

Ron Hill · July 03, 2021, 12:24:11 PM

John & Glenn : The Brigadier General list came out on the same day I retired.
The dumbest BOB I've ever meet in over 30 years was on that list - with that it took me only a nano second to adjust to retirement!!!

True happening !!

Craig Illman · July 04, 2021, 05:45:18 AM

Bored? I didn't need a calendar application until I retired five years ago. Find some volunteer activities (different from your career) to fill in the spare time you aren't playing with your boat.

My 2 cents, Craig

WBev · July 04, 2021, 08:22:38 AM

Great news, Glenn! I hope you enjoy the time you worked so hard for. Now, there should be little to get in the way of a meet up on the water....

Bill

Bill Shreeves · July 14, 2021, 02:43:06 PM

Congratulations Glenn! Hope to see you around Worton Creek now and again or out on the Bay.

I turned 62 in June and haven't made firm plans when yet but, its been on my mind a lot in the past few months. Before I got the boat 6 years ago I figured I'd work till 70. I liked what I do and figured working is better than twiddling your thumbs. Well, now no question what I want to do and can so, I should get busy and get my last few ducks in a row!

A friend of mine that retired last year says that you retire when you have enough or when you've had enough...

glennd3 · July 15, 2021, 03:54:47 PM

Bill,

I am planning on a cruise down the bay to Norfolk in August, about 300 miles round trip. I am hoping to get a picture of my boat with an aircraft carrier in the background.

Glenn

Quote from: Bill Shreeves on July 14, 2021, 02:43:06 PM
Congratulations Glenn! Hope to see you around Worton Creek now and again or out on the Bay.

I turned 62 in June and haven't made firm plans when yet but, its been on my mind a lot in the past few months. Before I got the boat 6 years ago I figured I'd work till 70. I liked what I do and figured working is better than twiddling your thumbs. Well, now no question what I want to do and can so, I should get busy and get my last few ducks in a row!

A friend of mine that retired last year says that you retire when you have enough or when you've had enough...

Noah · July 15, 2021, 04:39:55 PM

Ironic, Glenn! In San Diego we try to avoid aircraft carriers and submarines as it is always a big drama, with security zones patrolled by Navy and Homeland Security fast boats, with big machine guns, and young excitable soldiers chasing you away...

captran · July 20, 2021, 09:21:59 PM

Congrats! Hope you find it rewarding as I did. This September will be 8 years!