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From: Capt. D.E. Morehouse (no email)
Date: Thu Nov 20 2003 - 04:05:51 EST
Thanks for the compliment.....Colin
and certainly feel free to pass along
the prose to whomever you wish....
yet the credit truly belongs
to the author of the post to
which I responded.
The insight of that writer into
what many simply do not realize
may be the more realistic result
of the search for solace on the
oceans of this world is the really
beneficial message.
We all have our dreams and our various
degrees of wanderlust..... yet the sea
draws a greater audience than most other
pursuits, for while the romance and thrill
of this nautical environment attracts many....
few, however, may be actually capable of
maintaining a practicable lifestyle within
the parameters suggested by those who sail.
Yet.... the very essence of this unique attraction
to the seas and their vast expanses and great depths
lies in the implausibility of it all....
SeaWolf
~~~~~~~
"Colin D. Neal" <> wrote:
Dear Sea Wolf:
I really liked this beautiful piece you posted. Would it be OK with you
if I forwarded it to the "Simple_Living" yahoo group to which I belong? I
think these folks, who are interested in living simply (and usually at
odds with "normal" culture) would find it very inspiring. "Simple_Living
is a yahoo group with about 200 members.
Bets wishes...Colin Neal
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, kwcorsair wrote:
> Three stories indeed!
> Nicely told....
> Yet for each there are three more....
> And for each three of those there
> may be again three....
>
> Sailors are as disparate
> as their vessels....
> As different as all waves...
> As unique as each wind from
> every point of any compass...
>
> We who do sail truly understand
> that there is no guarantee,
> no security, no standard of
> performance or return of time
> invested.....
> We just simply sail.
> Therein lies the secret.
> We just sail.
>
> No matter our craft, no matter
> her length, breadth, or value.
> No matter our goal. No matter
> our destination.
> We just sail.
>
> Sail when feeling chipper.
> Sail when feeling blue.
> Sail when dry.
> Sail when wet.
> Sail when we sing.
> Sail when we cannot.
> Sail when hungry.
> Sail when fed.
> Just sail.
>
> If the wind blows we sail.
> If the wind does not we drift.
> Yet ~ the wind will always come
> to blow again.....
> If we can drift well~
> We shall sail well again.
>
> Each sailor understands that he
> may never, as he sees land fall far astern~
> find his footing ashore again.
> Each sailor realizes he may never see the
> dawn expected well that night before.
> There in each sailor's soul lies a deep
> contentment with such realization.
>
> Sailors are a different breed of cat.....
> SeaCats.... if you will~
> Entirely content with that which is of the
> utmost importance:
> The very moment at hand.
>
> SeaWolf
> ~~~~~~~
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