FinallyRetired
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Not RE, but still a great post-retirement story.
A Challenge That Put Wind in His Sails
John Atkisson Took a Transatlantic Route to Post-Retirement Fulfillment
By Ken Ringle
Special to The Washington Post
Monday, October 8, 2007; Page C01
The first thing you need to understand about John Atkisson is that he doesn't think what he's done is any big deal.
It's a big deal to him, certainly. No one can sail a 32-foot sloop from Deale, Md., to the rockbound cliffs of Ireland and Scotland, weathering storms, tidal whirlpools and a mid-ocean collision, and then sail her down to Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands, back across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and north toward home -- no one can do that without a pretty fair sense of accomplishment. Particularly at an age (he's 66) when most men won't even carry their own golf clubs.
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A Challenge That Put Wind in His Sails
John Atkisson Took a Transatlantic Route to Post-Retirement Fulfillment
By Ken Ringle
Special to The Washington Post
Monday, October 8, 2007; Page C01
The first thing you need to understand about John Atkisson is that he doesn't think what he's done is any big deal.
It's a big deal to him, certainly. No one can sail a 32-foot sloop from Deale, Md., to the rockbound cliffs of Ireland and Scotland, weathering storms, tidal whirlpools and a mid-ocean collision, and then sail her down to Spain, Portugal and the Canary Islands, back across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and north toward home -- no one can do that without a pretty fair sense of accomplishment. Particularly at an age (he's 66) when most men won't even carry their own golf clubs.
washingtonpost.com - nation, world, technology and Washington area news and headlines