Life Changing Experience?

The Picton Castle web site says that sailing aboard is a life changing experience.  Now, I'm not done with my voyage yet so maybe there's more change to come; however, I don't feel like I've changed that much.  What do you think?

Around October 1st, 2014

November 30th, 2014

December 10th, 2014...OMG, I'm 53!

January 1st, 2015 with Via who is from Tonga and has been aboard for 18 months now.

Early February, 2015, in Luderitz, Namibia

Late February, 2015, at St. Helena.  We were looking for Whale Sharks to snorkel with.  The tour captain threw out a line and we hooked a nice Wahoo but it got away.

Around March 15th, 2015, while we were waiting for Neptune Rex to come aboard and initiate all us Polly wogs as Shell backs because we had sailed across the Equator.

And, later that same day, after I was initiated as a Shell back.  Part of the process was a seriously raggedy haircut which, for some reason, I didn't think to get a picture of.

I had decided a little while ago that I wanted to snorkel and dive as much as possible while we were in the Caribbean.  To get a good seal on my mask the mustache had to go.  Interestingly enough, a female shipmate mentioned that if I shaved the mustache and left the beard, "her people would never speak to me again!" so it seemed necessary to take it all off; however, it wasn't necessary to take it all off at once so I made a small change every couple of days before we got to Carriacou.  This is beard V2.0

Tried to fancy up the Mutton Chops.

March 31st, 2015 in Carriacou with Agnes who left today from Grenada.  She's a Canadian who has been living and sailing tall ships in Iceland for the last couple of years.  This is the Biker look for me.

About 2 hours later that same day, just before leaving to go snorkeling.  And:

This is pretty much what I look like today.  This was taken April 1st, 2015, with Dkembe, who also left us in Grenada.

I noticed that I seem to be wearing the same shirts in a lot of these pictures.  Please don't worry, I never wear the same shirt for more than 2 weeks before I wash it!

Anyway, I really don't feel like I've changed all that much!