radio.abc.net.au/programitem/per3mnV21Q?play=true
I think most sailors have a little of this in us

Really liked what Henk had to say.

www.lifehack.org/377243/science-says-silence-much-more-important-our-brains-than-thought

really worth using some of your precious time to listen to this !! very interesting !!! thanks for finding and posting HG !!


I sometimes decide not to go solo sailing , as i feel i,m wasting time just sailing around and around . time that i could be doing stuff !

That's why i prefer racing ........ more purpose ....

But the thoughts in the link , are a good reason just to "go sailing" for the hell of it !!

I used to call it tree hugging some time you just have to do it to clear your head

Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.

HG , Ive just shared this with a bunch of people. Its really touched everyone. Thank you so much for finding this little Gem. Listening to it again for the 2nd time.

2 nights ago i decided not to tell anyone and spend the night on the boat. Had full sails up and got a good 25 plus nots of wind. Dealt with it and then found a sheltered spot. Was going to go ashore and get food as i just left on a whim with not much supplies. The wind was still pretty strong and i couldnt be bothered to go to Manly for food. I threw my line out and caught a decent size bream. Dinner. In the morning, had some muesli and coffee and went for a nice snorkel around the boat checking out the hull.
THe whole experience was beautiful. I was alone but didnt feel alone at all. I had to leave yesterday at 9am as i had work appointments. I remember feeling i just wanted to stay on the boat and regretted having to go back to the mooring, clean up the boat, have a shave and go to some appointments...

All i want to do now is do that for an undisclosed amount of time.
Peace All. X

Sectorsteve said..
HG , Ive just shared this with a bunch of people. Its really touched everyone. Thank you so much for finding this little Gem. Listening to it again for the 2nd time.

2 nights ago i decided not to tell anyone and spend the night on the boat. Had full sails up and got a good 25 plus nots of wind. Dealt with it and then found a sheltered spot. Was going to go ashore and get food as i just left on a whim with not much supplies. The wind was still pretty strong and i couldnt be bothered to go to Manly for food. I threw my line out and caught a decent size bream. Dinner. In the morning, had some muesli and coffee and went for a nice snorkel around the boat checking out the hull.
THe whole experience was beautiful. I was alone but didnt feel alone at all. I had to leave yesterday at 9am as i had work appointments. I remember feeling i just wanted to stay on the boat and regretted having to go back to the mooring, clean up the boat, have a shave and go to some appointments...

All i want to do now is do that for an undisclosed amount of time.
Peace All. X

Years ago while back packing through N.Z. I was naughty and camped on a beach on the south Island , I was woken around 4 am with a penguin standing on my chest . But beside that I lived on the local mussels and caught a few fish love the isolation . Did the same in Tassy a few year as earlier loved it.Both my boys are the same. I sent them the link as well

Really enjoyed that HG thanks for sharing
Nice quote from Henk: "most people don't know there is something between alone and loneliness"

Yeah, a G&T in the cockpit as the sun goes down is always better with conversation and laughter.

Yum G&T. With lemon and ice! Im getting some for Trek. Just remembered a tragic G&T story, at one time is was working in Zurich and bought some G&T one night to have at my flat. It was warm so I put it in the snow outside. 1/2 later we went out to get it and couldnt find it. Poked everywhere. Damn!!! When summer came it would have pleased someone

Great to see some like-minded folk praising the pleasures of solo sailing. I have done a few multi-week trips, sometimes crewed part-way. I can honestly say the most memorable parts were when I was alone.