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“crossing the Atlantic under sail remains one of the most fulfilling ways possible to spend a month or so of your precious allotment of time.”
― Sailing a Serious Ocean
― Sailing a Serious Ocean
“I had an unbearable urge to relieve myself. “The urge will surely pass,” I thought, but then came the cramps. We were nearly abreast of the boats—I had two alternatives: to leave the wheel and dash below, which was unthinkable in the narrow cut; or to go in my shorts. Then I spotted Kayla’s litterbox in the corner of the cockpit. I quickly grabbed it, and, to the utter horror of the sunbathers on the nearby boats, I found relief. From that moment on Kayla worshipped me.”
― Cape Horn to Starboard
― Cape Horn to Starboard
“Carl’s concept of freedom had come to be embodied by a mariner in a storm, wholly responsible for himself, accountable to no one else, asking no quarter from the sea, measuring his worth by his immediate actions.”
― At the Mercy of the Sea: The True Story of Three Sailors in a Caribbean Hurricane
― At the Mercy of the Sea: The True Story of Three Sailors in a Caribbean Hurricane
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