Growing up in Germany my parents and I would spend two weeks every summer going to the Chiemsee to sail. We stayed at Gästehaus Grünäugel in Gstadt (no that’s not the resort in Switzerland). I learned how to sail from my Dad who was self-taught. Thanks, Dad! It was a ton of fun to be out on the water and I also built a deep association between sailing and vacation. What a great way to take one’s mind off things! I wound up not sailing during college and for quite a few years after that. But t...

Growing up in Germany my parents and I would spend two weeks every summer going to the Chiemsee to sail. We stayed at Gästehaus Grünäugel in Gstadt (no that’s not the resort in Switzerland). I learned how to sail from my Dad who was self-taught. Thanks, Dad! It was a ton of fun to be out on the water and I also built a deep association between sailing and vacation. What a great way to take one’s mind off things! I wound up not sailing during college and for quite a few years after that. But t...