Sailing On After Losing a Sailing Partner

If you lose your sailing partner to death, divorce or disinterest, you can still pursue your own sailing journey. Alex decided to get out on the water in ways that sharpened her sailing skills, gave back to the community and, at the same time, built her confidence to the level where solo sailing became an option.

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Even though my own sailboat was on the opposite coast, my desire to sail didn't wane. So I looked up the local racing schedule on Latitude 38 and joined Wimm's racing crew out of Sausalito. (Photo/ Alex Jasper)
Even though my own sailboat was on the opposite coast, my desire to sail didn't wane. So I looked up the local racing schedule on Latitude 38 and joined Wimm's racing crew out of Sausalito. (Photo/ Alex Jasper)

My sailing skills developed alongside my partner’s. We went to sailing school together for my 40th birthday. We bought our first, second and third sailboats together, and he was with me nearly every time I sailed for seven years. And then, he wasn’t.

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Alex Jasper
Alex Jasper
Alex Jasper went to live aboard sailing school for her 40th birthday. She then started sailing on New England lakes in the summer. After waking up one morning at anchor on a 16’ boat in Lake Champlain, she was hooked. In 2017, she started sailing a 32’ catamaran in Rhode Island and southern New England waters. Then, after racing for a year in California, she pointed her own bow south and headed down the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway to the Bahamas. Who knows what is next?

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