Sailing to Palermo..at 10 @sailingadventureswithgrandad|E4

Sailing Adventures with Grandad This Channel , SAILING ADVENTURES WITH GRANDAD , is about a sailing adventure on Vayu my 44 ft sloop leaving Palma de Mallorca and sailing to the Eastern Mediterranean. Our first stop is Palermo, Sicily. I am Grandad Michael, 73, lifetime sailor, wannabe creator for YouTube, retired businessman, practicing yogi, father of 4, grandad of 5, amateur chef, and contented bachelor. I live in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. My sailboat is Vayu, in Sanskrit (remember Im a practicing Yogi) the name stands for wind or life force. Vayu is a 44 ft X-Yacht (X-442) sloop, born 2002 in Denmark. The journey is a celebration of life and how how baring poor health or some other personal misfortune, one can, at any age, live with enthusiasm, curiosity, perspective and a sense of humor. Its also about a novice creators attempt at sharing this journey on YouTube. So this is not a lone journey but one I want to share with friends, family and all who care to join me on Vayu or through YouTube. In the hope that millions of us with even small contributions can help ease the suffering of the many displaced Ukrainian families I make contributions to Save the Children-Ukrain and dedicate this adventure to Sailing for Peace. This Episode is about the initiation of my grandson Ixmael (Ixi) who is 10 years old to offshore passage making and our voyage from Palma de Mallorca to Palermo. We were joined as crew by Ixi's dad, my son Peter and our good friend Javier (Javi). On this passage we fished and lost a big one, we had a beautiful sail for most of the way and only had to motor sail for short periods. We swam in the beautiful blue Mediterranean 150 miles from Palermo. We had great cooking on board and Ixi was initiated into the Royal Order of the Worms. The Royal Order of the Worms has its origin in the fact that I think my grandchildren are often like a bunch of worms wriggling around, for no apparent purpose, and making unintelligible noises. In turn they have nominated me King Worm. Having accepted this nomination that now has me as king it has become a Royal Order and on this voyage Ixi and his behavior fully qualified him as a member. #Sailing Adventures with Grandad