We are a commune of inquiring, skeptical, politically centrist, capitalist, anglophile, traditionalist New England Yankee humans, humanoids, and animals with many interests beyond and above politics. Each of us has had a high-school education (or GED), but all had ADD so didn't pay attention very well, especially the dogs. Each one of us does "try my best to be just like I am," and none of us enjoys working for others, including for Maggie, from whom we receive neither a nickel nor a dime. Freedom from nags, cranks, government, do-gooders, control-freaks and idiots is all that we ask for.
We left Halifax with a good weather report. Fair winds for the next 5 days. Instead we encountered a storm with 30 knot winds gusting to 40. A 5 day sail to Bermuda became a 7 day nightmare... I never found out if the forecast was garbage or if the conditions had changed. Not much help available when you're hundreds of miles offshore.