Sailing
May 10th, 2010
I’ve been taking a bit of a break from writing this week, way to busy with other projects – and have also been sailing out in the Atlantic with a friend of mine. We went to collect his boat which had been chartered on a one way trip to bring back home.
The view from the plane as we approached our departure point...
I’ve been sailing with him before off the coast of our little island and really enjoyed it, great fun as a day trip. But I think after this trip my deep ocean days are over! First night, serious sea sickness,after which I immediately went to sleep in my cabin to awake to the views of the open ocean, and the rest of it, well, just sea, sea and more sea, and a bit more sleep.
Not feeling to great – I slept a lot! I missed the dolphins my friends along on the trip saw – the one thing I really wanted to see (but did see the somewhat menacing shark fin as we left our departure marina) – and I missed the swim in 3 mile deep waters… I slept through the highlights. Musing to myself, I came to the conclusion that this type of long journey is like sitting in a floating caravan for hours with no way to stretch your legs.
Probably the last time I’ll willingly sail for anything more than a few hours! Having said that it has cured me of my ambition to sail the world – it’s not for me now – though I might be convinced by something with an engine that moves a bit faster. The whole experience was – well – to slow for me.
But it has fulfilled one other ambition for me – I’ve always wanted to be out in the open ocean to see how it would feel to be way out of sight of land. And, that experience was fantastic – it’s seriously humbling to contemplate that amount of space. It’s like a desert – it’s awe inspiring – for ten minutes – then I just wanted to get home! 
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