oh goodness!! So much has changed in the past two weeks I've barely had time to catch my breath. It still continues to amaze me that I'm on a tall ship, sailing down the Eastern seaboard, to the Bahamas. This is my life. And I'm loving every minute of it.
A few hightlights since we left Boston on Sept. 30th.
Sailing into NYC. We approacehed the city from Long Island Sound. It was dusk, the sky was a pallete of colours, leading from a golden piinkish sunset in the west to the darkening in the east. Though not was all dark; as the sun set in front of us, the moon, one night from being full, rose behind us, luminous and silvery. Scattered across the eastern sky were what appeared to be large fireflies hovering over the city. Fireflies waiting to land at JFK and La Guardia. It was a beautiful night. And to round it off, there was music playing over the ships sound system and me and a few crewmates waltzed and jammed on the main deck. Dancing on a tall ship as it sails into the sunset and the lights of NYC while the moon rose behind us. It was phenomenal. And the LIGHTS! There are SO MANY LIGHTS IN NYC!! So much humanity!
Another highlight was sailing down the East River, between Manhatten and Brooklyn, myself steering the ship, on my birthday. :D No better present than that. Under the Brooklyn Bridge, out to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, the panorama of NYC and Jersey City spread before us, what a delightful way to see the city.
Today, we did some proper sailing.....through a gale. No big deal. It was amazing! The boat was rocking this way and that way, waves are splasing up over the railings, the wind is drving the rain straight into our faces. At one point we were going 7-8 knots, purely on sail power. At one point we were chilling out near the helm when one of the passengers came over and joined us and said "This is our life bitches." It is. THIS is my life! Sailing through a gale was a really powerful experience. And no one fell overboard! Huzzah!
Along the way we've docked in Martha's Vinyard, Newport, RI, Oyster Bay (where we traded a bucket of beer for a barrel of fresh oysters), Mystic, CT, the smallest town in Maryland and downtown Manhatten, only a few blocks from the Freedom Tower. There have been beautiful sunsets and rises, moonsets and rises. There have been rough seas and water that looked like glass. I've jumped off the boat to go swimming, reefed in sails, steered the ship, mopped the decks, washed dishes in the galley (kitchen) while trying to keep my balance, watched meteors streak across a star filled sky, and fully embraced life aboard a tall ship. :)
For those of you interested in tracking the ship, you can do so here:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=01sYonMRXvm3CfvmMetOTmXOOyXNoqSNj
As long as the ship is in motion, you'll be able to see where we are :)
And to end this post, I'd like to share a post that my friend Shane Clark shared on FB a few weeks ago. It was only a few days after I had agreed to this job and my brain was still reeling from all of the things when I happened upon this. I love it and I think it applies perfectly to my life right now. :) Thank you to Shane for these words.
I just looked up synonyms for "float" and the result is a beautiful poem:
"Drift, glide, hang, hover. Ride, sail. Slide, swim.
Waft, wash, bob, poise. Swim.
Be buoyant.
Move gently, rest on water.
Slip along. Smooth along.
Stay afloat."
Here's a few photos of the trip so far
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159517774075442.1073741838.636050441&type=1&l=d42e8fbc1e
A few hightlights since we left Boston on Sept. 30th.
Sailing into NYC. We approacehed the city from Long Island Sound. It was dusk, the sky was a pallete of colours, leading from a golden piinkish sunset in the west to the darkening in the east. Though not was all dark; as the sun set in front of us, the moon, one night from being full, rose behind us, luminous and silvery. Scattered across the eastern sky were what appeared to be large fireflies hovering over the city. Fireflies waiting to land at JFK and La Guardia. It was a beautiful night. And to round it off, there was music playing over the ships sound system and me and a few crewmates waltzed and jammed on the main deck. Dancing on a tall ship as it sails into the sunset and the lights of NYC while the moon rose behind us. It was phenomenal. And the LIGHTS! There are SO MANY LIGHTS IN NYC!! So much humanity!
Another highlight was sailing down the East River, between Manhatten and Brooklyn, myself steering the ship, on my birthday. :D No better present than that. Under the Brooklyn Bridge, out to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, the panorama of NYC and Jersey City spread before us, what a delightful way to see the city.
Today, we did some proper sailing.....through a gale. No big deal. It was amazing! The boat was rocking this way and that way, waves are splasing up over the railings, the wind is drving the rain straight into our faces. At one point we were going 7-8 knots, purely on sail power. At one point we were chilling out near the helm when one of the passengers came over and joined us and said "This is our life bitches." It is. THIS is my life! Sailing through a gale was a really powerful experience. And no one fell overboard! Huzzah!
Along the way we've docked in Martha's Vinyard, Newport, RI, Oyster Bay (where we traded a bucket of beer for a barrel of fresh oysters), Mystic, CT, the smallest town in Maryland and downtown Manhatten, only a few blocks from the Freedom Tower. There have been beautiful sunsets and rises, moonsets and rises. There have been rough seas and water that looked like glass. I've jumped off the boat to go swimming, reefed in sails, steered the ship, mopped the decks, washed dishes in the galley (kitchen) while trying to keep my balance, watched meteors streak across a star filled sky, and fully embraced life aboard a tall ship. :)
For those of you interested in tracking the ship, you can do so here:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=01sYonMRXvm3CfvmMetOTmXOOyXNoqSNj
As long as the ship is in motion, you'll be able to see where we are :)
And to end this post, I'd like to share a post that my friend Shane Clark shared on FB a few weeks ago. It was only a few days after I had agreed to this job and my brain was still reeling from all of the things when I happened upon this. I love it and I think it applies perfectly to my life right now. :) Thank you to Shane for these words.
I just looked up synonyms for "float" and the result is a beautiful poem:
"Drift, glide, hang, hover. Ride, sail. Slide, swim.
Waft, wash, bob, poise. Swim.
Be buoyant.
Move gently, rest on water.
Slip along. Smooth along.
Stay afloat."
Here's a few photos of the trip so far
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10159517774075442.1073741838.636050441&type=1&l=d42e8fbc1e
Woo!
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