Photo of the Day: Resolved!

February is coming to an end, as are many people’s New Years resolutions. In the January ’09 issue of Latitude 38, we featured the sailing resolutions of our editorial staff and challenged readers to set their own for the year. Sean Palmer, who sails his Catalina 34 Allegro with his wife and two daughters out of South Beach, met the challenge and, in the process, bested every single one of us. Congratulations, Shane!

"Thanks to Latitude for suggesting a sailing New Year’s resolution last January — something we have never successfully done (sailing or otherwise). We considered a number of possible and improbable ideas, and settled on one with a really low bar to see if we could follow through. We are proud to say that we managed to get out of the slip and set the sails at least once each calendar month of 2009. While a (very) modest accomplishment, on review of the past years’ logs, we found that we sailed exactly 12 days (32 total) more than our average over the past 5 years (20) – go figure.

"The highlight was a three-day cruise to Petaluma with the family. For anyone who hasn’t done this trip, it’s a must. The set-up for boaters in Petaluma at the turning basin is brilliant. This year we’re expanding on this — Half Moon Bay and Monterey for four weeks, or better yet, taking the boat down the coast for some commuter-cruising for a couple of months this summer — but will probably decide on more low-bar stuff, just to make sure we don’t get too ahead of ourselves."

Did anyone else meet their ’09 sailing resolutions? Have you set any for ’10? Email LaDonna with the details — and don’t forget the photos!