Comments on: Why We Sail https://thefinalbeat.com/blog_posts/why-we-sail/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-we-sail Sail Faster, Quicker Mon, 27 Sep 2021 20:26:56 +0000 hourly 1 By: Linda Lowell https://thefinalbeat.com/blog_posts/why-we-sail/#comment-3029 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 20:26:56 +0000 http://thefinalbeat.com/?p=10991#comment-3029 Hi Damian,

Thank you!

I certainly will include a link to your blogsite and drop a link to the newsletter back here. It should happen by the last day of the month!

Linda

]]> By: Damian Lord https://thefinalbeat.com/blog_posts/why-we-sail/#comment-3026 Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:43:41 +0000 http://thefinalbeat.com/?p=10991#comment-3026 In reply to Linda Lowell.

Hi Linda,

Thanks very much for your comments.

What a nice idea to publish it in your newsletter – I’d really appreciate it if you would link to it if you send the newsletter by email or have it online.

I hope they enjoy it!

]]> By: Linda Lowell https://thefinalbeat.com/blog_posts/why-we-sail/#comment-3025 Thu, 23 Sep 2021 16:21:21 +0000 http://thefinalbeat.com/?p=10991#comment-3025 Lovely article! a member of the little yacht club I belong to (Rappahanock River YC, Irvington VA) suggested I reprint some or all of your remarks in the little newsletter I edit for the club. The hope is that it will spark similarly thoughtful and fun discussions of what motivates our members to sail (and encourage a few who don’t to GET WITH IT).

]]> By: Damian Lord https://thefinalbeat.com/blog_posts/why-we-sail/#comment-3019 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 20:41:37 +0000 http://thefinalbeat.com/?p=10991#comment-3019 In reply to Dan.

I was taking you seriously until you mentioned “the admiring gaze of my impressed offspring/family/spouse”. As I think you know, such a gaze has never been cast in my direction – not for sailing, nor anything else for that matter.

That said, you probably have a point. Although learning to sail can be a pretty all-consuming task, and developing a new skill is normally pretty good for a dopamine boost.

]]> By: Dan https://thefinalbeat.com/blog_posts/why-we-sail/#comment-3017 Thu, 16 Sep 2021 19:29:32 +0000 http://thefinalbeat.com/?p=10991#comment-3017 Does it feel that way because it is an activity that you have developed an expertise in that you can let muscle memory and your unconscious mind take over the mechanical aspects while your frontal cortex thinks about strategy. In other words is it relaxing because you are good at it? And furthermore do you get a big dopamine reward as you do well (in a race) or receive the admiring gaze of your impressed offspring/ family/spouse as you demonstrate your awesome skills?

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