I’ll entertain the thought that a better word than “commotion” describes my point here. Maybe teamwork, collaboration, collective effort, community . . .” When Nathan Stewart brought a light barge in on the hip the other blustery day, Aegean Sea tagged along, part of a day’s work.
No pinning was involved here; really, it was more
about the smaller Aegean Sea reaching
the pivot
point and countering the wind.
The strategy seems straight forward and simple but with huge equipment and high stakes.
Today is the 39th Earth Day in the US, and this is all I’ll do in recognition. I marched in one of the first “earth day” parades on April 22, 1970, but for anyone living in the US today, our relationship with the environment is immensely more complicated than I imagined it –can it be 39!!!– years ago.
Also, 730 afternoons and sunsets!!! ago schooner Anne left New York. Bravo Reid . . . although for me . . . the watery places devoid of face to face human contact would leave me intolerably, unbearable lonely. He does have a shore crew, a real but also virtual community assisting him to his 1000 days at sea goal.
And finally, here’s my tribute to another person of superhuman ability to sustain the loneliness of solo sailing, Robin Knox Johnson. Happy 40th anniversary of his feat, which happened with much less terrestrial support than is possible today in 2009.
All fotos here by Will Van Dorp.
5 comments
Comments feed for this article
April 21, 2009 at 9:13 pm
JED
A Voyage For Madmen by Peter Nichols documents that winning trip of Johnston. Very compelling read WELL worth your time.
April 22, 2009 at 7:15 am
Robin Knox-Johnston Day - First Posts | Boats Blog
[…] Tugster gives RKJ a shout-out in another of his wonderful posts of life in NY […]
April 22, 2009 at 7:15 am
Robin Knox-Johnston Day - First Posts | 1800blogger
[…] Tugster gives RKJ a shout-out in another of his wonderful posts of life in NY […]
April 22, 2009 at 9:50 am
Mage Bailey
They were saying here that it was 40 years of Earth Day. Imagine….and too, I remember that first one well. Yes, I will come back later in the day and follow your links. Thank you for them in advance.
July 26, 2022 at 6:16 pm
Robin Knox-Johnston Day - First Posts - Messing About in Sailboats
[…] Tugster gives RKJ a shout-out in another of his wonderful posts of life in NY […]