Close to nature and at her whim
On overnight passages we keep watch in shifts. After dinner one of us says goodnight. The other keeps us safe and stays up with a multitude of entertainment be it listening to the waves splashing off the bow and curling along the boat, trimming sails, …
Long passages can be like endurance training. When the day is divided into either on or off watch, this feels like work. We are as far away from away from work as one can be, yet we still get used to 30 hours of either …
