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New Years is a good time to think about all the things we have been blessed with. And for us here at Attainable Adventure Cruising Ltd, one of the things we have been blessed with is you, the offshore sailors, both the deeply experienced and those getting ready to go, who add so much wisdom to our site with your comments. Nearly 6000 of them in three years.
You challenge us, inspire new articles, keep us honest, and even make us laugh.
Thank you, we would not keep publishing without you. And we hope you will all come back often in the New Year.
The Graphic
For those that are interested, I created the graphic by downloading all the commenter’s names from the AAC WordPress database, stripping out the three AAC authors’ names, and then submitting the result to Wordle, which produced the graphic by scaling the words dependant on how many times the name appeared.
Please don’t be offended if your name does not appear as large as it should. This method is only marginally accurate since those who have common names will appear larger because Wordle aggregates multiple people with the same name. Also, Wordle does not seem to handle French well—sorry Jean-François.
Chris December 30, 2012 at 5:02 pm
We are sitting at anchor off the Megadock right now. We were just discussing our visit with you last year. Heal fast and well. Chris&Janet.
Tate December 30, 2012 at 5:05 pm
I really do love the blog environment for gathering feedback from readers. Your articles and blog posts obviously inspire quite a response! Keep up the good work.
Jacques Landry December 31, 2012 at 1:22 am
All the best to all of you at AAC and all it’s followers. May the new year brings more smooth miles under your hull, more new places to visit, and more friends to share these great moments with!
The best of year to Colin who will soon be on my side of the pond, and a fast and full recovery to John who deserves nothing less.
Bonne années à tous!
Jacques
Coen December 31, 2012 at 6:42 am
And thank you for a most informative, constructive and above all, civilised site. It is a pleasure reading, following and sharing with the community that you have gathered around you. May 2013 bring you and fellow readers happiness, adventure and fun!
Viv and Mireille December 31, 2012 at 8:31 am
2012 seems to have been a bit of a tough year for many; but your site has kept me in the loop on all things sailings. It has nourished the yearning to cast off and be at sea again, still the best place on the planet for peace, excitement (and occasional terror!).
Arriving in a new port, a different island or back home after a long trip, these are the things I miss the most. Being that we are on the East coast of Scotland, the Baltic beckons! Now all I need is the boat! and an Adventure 40′ would suit me just fine.
Have a speedy recovery John and a great New Year to you both.
Viv and Mireille
Bob Tetrault December 31, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Yes, the previous post spoke eloquently to why we do this. Hope next year brings satisfactory resolve to healing, you will owe Phyllis big time. Happy New Year from the Bahamas, Bob and BJ
Bob Hinden December 31, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Thanks for the great site and discussion.
Happy New Year!
Bob
flax December 31, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Green Turtle wishes you a happy and more healthy new year….Best wishes, Flax and Erik
Richard December 31, 2012 at 10:50 pm
You guys are dream weavers.. Keep up the great adventures, some of us are living thru you.. Happy New Year..
Richard William Lord
Michael January 1, 2013 at 10:31 am
Thanks for giving us such a wonderful site to comment on!!
Happy New Year
Michael
sailalibi January 4, 2013 at 11:32 am
We’ve enjoyed your site since discovering it during our research on battery charging issues. Happy New Year to you and yours and we hope to keep you posted in our findings on this most critical function for cruisers…