Forty years and I can handle any boat in any sea, read the water like a page and put her exactly where she needs to be. But my knees are shot and my shoulder screams every time I haul, and my hands do not close right in the cold anymore. I have got the skill of a lifetime and a body that has been paying for it the whole way.
More people experience this than they realize.
You can handle any boat in any sea, and your body is paying for a lifetime of it.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.