It is important to note that most of these Autobiographical accounts and observations were written prior to my fathers passing in 1996. Obviously much has changed since then, but it is to my father Jack that I dedicate this log. As an avid reader, and after hours poet, he encouraged me to create a written account of my cruising life before children.
I also dedicate the Captain’s log to my cousin Dr. Richard Borden. Paradise Found was originally a column in the Charleston based Maritime journal, The Water Log. Cousin Dick subscribed and read every issue. He was a proponent of concise writing, proclaiming that reading each entry should not exceed the time it takes to have a proper bowel movement! Knighted by the French for Heroism on D-Day and co-founder of North Carolina Outward Bound, Cousin Dicks’ incredible life appropriately ended on the last day of the Mayan calendar.
Both my dad and my cousin were most at home on the water.
