Unthought Known (bonus post)
There are moments, days or nights that you hope to never forget. Last night and dawn are part of these bites of life. By the end of yesterday
evening, the wind was slowly dying, the day was spent sliding forward with the
small kite to keep a tight angle to the wind. Late at night, the boat
surgeon Dr. Costa called a gennaker peeling that nobody believed was sensible to
do, but he did it anyway and hoisted the bigger kite. We stood parked for a little
while in the middle of nowhere of North Atlantic (36:14N 48:46W), but slowly we
picked up small speed again. That choice created the magic
of moving for all night at a small steady pace, keeping the boat floating
literally in the sky. No sounds, no waves, no boat
within the horizon, just a black bottom with starry plankton merged with the
endless Milky Way above. At dawn, colours filled up
the eyes. Turning on the engine to
motor through the centre of the high pressure would have been much easier and
faster, but what I told you about are some of the deepest reasons why we are
here in between of nobody’s
spaces. |