Sailing
War Story By Anna McKinley
He’s active-duty Marines; she’s active-duty police. They have two teenagers and a boat dog (a Great Dane!), and they live aboard their catamaran, War Story, full time! “You’re crazy!” is almost always the response, and it’s an accusation that I don’t deny. The dream started over 14 years ago, when I met Jason, my future husband, in my senior year of college. I offhandedly told him my romantic notion that I would love to live on a houseboat. I had no idea what it entailed, and really didn’t plan to put it into action. However, it planted an idea in Jason’s head, one that he couldn’t shake, and evolved into a new dream of circumnavigating the world together by sail.
Meeting new people can take us down a rabbit hole of 50 questions; there’s just a lot to explain. The typical introductory questions lead to more questions. What do you do for a living? I’ve been a police officer for over 8 years now. It’s a topic that tends to perk people’s curiosity. Usually then I’m asked what my husband does for a living. My husband Jason is active duty, he’s been in the Marine Corps for over 17 years. Where do you live? We live aboard a sailing catamaran full time. The punchline is: Yes, we have kids! Two teenagers and a boat dog, a Great Dane.
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