Best way to implement reconnect

[utdrmac]

I frequently get "Unable to connect: Failed handshake" from the service to which I'm attempting connections. What's the best way to handle auto-rety/auto-reconnect? Right now I have this (I'm not the best Go programmer)

var c *turnpike.Client
	var err error

	for {
		c, err = turnpike.NewWebsocketClient(turnpike.JSON, WEBSOCKET_ADDRESS, nil, nil, nil)
		if err != nil {
			log.Printf("Unable to connect to Websocket. Error: %s\n", err)

			// Retry in 5 seconds
			time.Sleep(5)

			continue
		}
	
		log.Println("Connected to Websocket.")

		_, err = c.JoinRealm(WEBSOCKET_REALM, nil)
		if err != nil {
			log.Printf("Unable to join realm. Error: %s\n", err)
			c.Close()
			
			// Retry in 5 seconds
			time.Sleep(5)
			
			continue
		}

		log.Println("Joined Websocket realm.")

		// No errs; break loop
		break
	}

       // have successful connection and successful join realm
       // continue code