After all the preparation there was nothing left to do these past days. There were still lists, but a can of beans is something to buy, not think about. Lists mean the thinking has already been done.

“. . . but leaving from Plymouth and returning to Plymouth now seems like leaving from”
― The Long Way: Sheridan House Maritime Classic
― The Long Way: Sheridan House Maritime Classic
“If I do have to sight land, I like it to be from as far off as possible.”
― The Long Way: Sheridan House Maritime Classic
― The Long Way: Sheridan House Maritime Classic

“the traders of Saxony are little beholden to count Brühl’s dissipations; his shoes come from Paris, 100 pair at once, and his wigs by the dozen; and even his tarts used to be sent by post from the same city, that mother of abominations of the earth. Dresden and Leipsic make very good chocolate, but that for his Excellency must come from Rome or Vienna; in short, I scarce saw anything in his house which was either the produce or manufacture of Saxony.”
― The Empress of Art
― The Empress of Art
“How long will it last, this peace I have found at sea? It is all of life that I contemplate—sun, clouds, time that passes and abides.”
― The Long Way: Sheridan House Maritime Classic
― The Long Way: Sheridan House Maritime Classic
“A sailor’s joys are as simple as a child’s.”
― The Long Way: Sheridan House Maritime Classic
― The Long Way: Sheridan House Maritime Classic
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