Far away from it all
The forecast is not to be trusted in this area, also called the Mediterranean, that is something we learnt for a long time ago. Although the Costa Brava coast in the Northern parts of the Med might be even one step ahead in unpredictability. The 20-25 knots of wind we were looking forward to were instead something around as little as 12, and from a total different direction than predicted - but nonetheless it was a beautiful day and night. A very calm and flat sea where our Caos sailed along in a smooth and peaceful pace.
Astonishing world, what have we done to deserve your beauty.
Safe sailing with my Sperry Top Sider performance shoes on and the ultimate Sailing Manual at hand.
Many times when on land, when in company of people - normal people/the others - I can sit and wonder what the hell are they talking about? Where is the substance, where is the interest in true things and why don't you talk about/feel/ask for something real? Why are people not interested in neither being true to themselves or to indulge in genuine things? Things that could bring out their true selves. Something that has a real meaning instead of all that crap and nonsense and hunger for a perfect, yet fake, image or the so called ideal way of living - things that most people seem to occupy themselves with day in and day out. I've been for long time longing for something more real and profound and every time I have got too close to too much of BS I've luckily been fast enough to cut it off from my surroundings. The falsehood and the lack of truthfulness and brutality in this world have always disturbed me immensely. So it was about time to take the step over to the real side of life. And this is it. As simple as it might look, this is as close to the reality you can come. The nature and the sea is so brutally honest and real and without any type of superficiality, that it has got me addicted. I'm not even going to try to imagine how much closer this journey will bring me/us with the nature, each other and the honest and raw reality that is to be found out there - and how far away it will push us from the other side. Just leave me to soak this beauty in now and ask me the same question in a year or so. This is what I call the meaning of life.
This is real.
This is real.
One other thing that, unfortunately, also is reality. Is that our engine just failed.. Just in the moment when we mentioned "oh, everything on this boat is perfectly new and freshly replaced, except the engine" - we found a larger leakage of oil coming from it. But that's how it is, I guess. Machines are as unpredictable as the weather, especially when depending on an original Volvo Penta MD 21 b from 1982... Let's just now hope that this will not be a tremendously expensive repair. Will get back with updates later on.
/Taru
