The Long Way: Sheridan House Maritime Classic

by Bernard Moitessier

A sailor’s joys are as simple as a child’s.

If I do have to sight land, I like it to be from as far off as possible.

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How long will it last, this peace I have found at sea? It is all of life that I contemplate—sun, clouds, time that passes and abides.

I think that a boat big enough to carry lots of food and spares could circle the globe several times, relying only on rain.

. . . but leaving from Plymouth and returning to Plymouth now seems like leaving from

Life is wonderful when you can really live it, as animals do when only the present instant counts.