It strikes me that taking a long distance boat is not dissimilar from cycling. In both cases you become acutely aware of the weather, and specifically of subtle changes in it. It's something I've always appreciated about cycling, and I feel the same now.
I thought of this because the weather has been so changeable on the voyage – calm days of glorious sunshine and the tremendous waves, wind and leaden sky (and all the internal noise, chaos and seasickness that accompanies them!) when we caught the tail end of hurricane Ike, just west of Newfoundland.
Last night there was the most incredible sunset, we sailed due east, straight into 180 degrees of fuschia and glowing orange, with the full moon rising right behind us, reflecting the pink of the sky ahead.
Today we have spent most of the day in a cloud of rain and fog, so we could barely see the shore 200m away and almost missed Quebec City as we passed it.
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Sailing due east - into the sunset - from Europe to the US - shome mistake surely....
Hehe, good observation.
I pick up the point about similarities between sailing and cycling. You might have identified the only one. Or do you get angry at whales potentially cutting you up and squeezing you against land masses...
yes, ok, i'm stupid. i meant west. glad someone's brain is switched on.
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