Adventure Cruising.....

 

“Twenty years from now you
will be more disappointed
by the things that you didn’t
do than the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your
sails. Dream. Discover”

Mark Twain

 

I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sails shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea’s face, and a gray dawn breaking.

I must go down to the sea again, for the call of the running tide,
Is a wild call and a clear call that cannot be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.

I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whales way, where the winds like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow rover,
And a quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long tricks over.

                                              John Masefield,  Sea Fever

 

The idea of Sailing a boat upon the sea can seduce
even the happiest farmer or mountain climber. There
is something about boat and water that sends
romance churning in our hearts, and simply the sight
of a boat can inspire a reverie…….. Whatever she is,
the boat gleams in our eye, and we find ourselves
dreaming “What if…”

John Rousmaniere,
The Annapolis Book of Seamanship

 

Cape Horn, Chili