At Sea to Ducie Island, South Pacific
I loved this day because it was a day at sea, one of those wonderful life experiences all too often passed by and not even missed in our busy lives. A day at sea allows us to relax with others and actually have leisurely conversations, to sit in the library and just read, to take a nap or stare endlessly at the comings and goings of the limitless ocean. Because we are far, far from any land or source of sustenance there are not even seabirds to disturb the vastness and break us away from our musings and thoughts. Others have given words to time at sea and here are a few of them:
"They that go down to the sea in ships that do business in great waters: These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep." -English Bible 161 Psalm 107
"Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; Whenever there is a damp drizzly November in my soul; Whenever I find myself pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially when my hypos get such an upper hand of me that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then I account it is high time to get to sea as soon as I can." -Herman Melville, Moby Dick
"When a man ceases to want to run away to sea, he can be sure that he has finally left youth behind him." -Maurice Griffiths
"There are three sorts of people; those who are alive, those who are dead, and those who are at sea." -Anacharsis, 6th c. B.C.
"I find the sea-life an acquired taste, like that for tomatoes and olives." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Sailors, with their built-in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world." -Nicholas Monsarrat
"The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
We aboard the National Geographic Endeavour wish you all smooth sailing, good dreams and the peace that comes with a day at sea.
I loved this day because it was a day at sea, one of those wonderful life experiences all too often passed by and not even missed in our busy lives. A day at sea allows us to relax with others and actually have leisurely conversations, to sit in the library and just read, to take a nap or stare endlessly at the comings and goings of the limitless ocean. Because we are far, far from any land or source of sustenance there are not even seabirds to disturb the vastness and break us away from our musings and thoughts. Others have given words to time at sea and here are a few of them:
"They that go down to the sea in ships that do business in great waters: These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep." -English Bible 161 Psalm 107
"Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; Whenever there is a damp drizzly November in my soul; Whenever I find myself pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet; and especially when my hypos get such an upper hand of me that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then I account it is high time to get to sea as soon as I can." -Herman Melville, Moby Dick
"When a man ceases to want to run away to sea, he can be sure that he has finally left youth behind him." -Maurice Griffiths
"There are three sorts of people; those who are alive, those who are dead, and those who are at sea." -Anacharsis, 6th c. B.C.
"I find the sea-life an acquired taste, like that for tomatoes and olives." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Sailors, with their built-in sense of order, service and discipline, should really be running the world." -Nicholas Monsarrat
"The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
We aboard the National Geographic Endeavour wish you all smooth sailing, good dreams and the peace that comes with a day at sea.
