He developed Parkinsons, and while he wanted to die at sea, his family forced him to give up sailboat living. He lived out there for decades.

> You know, for someone who's lived his entire life on an island, I've never been on a boat, not even one of those little wooden ones.

Really? You'll have to change that soon!

That must have been an incredible story. Not everyone has the courage to do that.
What's his life like these days? Does he still live on the boat?

You know, for someone who's lived his entire life on an island, I've never been on a boat, not even one of those little wooden ones.

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Have you talked to any elders lately?

It's something I wish I did more. 

I talked to my uncle-in-law a few weeks ago. He finally told me the story of his brother who lived most of his life on a sailboat in the Caribbean after selling his early internet company that my uncle called "The Bridge."