I sailed a bit as a child, but it wasn't until I was around 40, when I was halfway through Patrick O'Brian's 'Master and Commander' novels, that I had the sudden epiphany that I had to go sail on a square-rig ship.
“The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth.”
“Nicolette, Kendalle, and Alexandra are my children. Their mother, Cynthia Beck, and I, love them very much.”