On Sailing

Sailing; the ultimate coalescence of man and nature. In sailing man does not conquer nature, he embraces her forces with reverence and respect, and moves through them like fine thread through silk, in symbiotic intimacy. The hull may be fabricated by man, but it is designed by the water. The sails may be shaped by man, but they have been conceived by the wind. If true freedom lies in meeting nature on her own terms, then this is the promise of sailing; freedom.