Tuning the Rig Quotes

“Viewed from above, on the mainmast shroud, they seemed suddenly so small, this little circle, making music, clustered on a floating stage, with the ocean darkening all around and the land behind dissolving into memory. Most of the faces of the people below were in shadow, individual features fading, chins and hair and noses lit by the red glimmer like heads around a hearth.”
― Harvey Oxenhorn, Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic

“Harmony, like a following breeze
at sea, is the exception.”
― Harvey Oxenhorn, Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic

“The night's real hero is Regina. Guided by hands that knew her and respected her limits, she seemed alive in her element, like a conscious being. She had been through this, and much more, a hundred times and knew exactly what to do. Her every spar, block, bolt is an optimal solution, an age-old answer to the single question it is asked, perfected over time. Together, these parts embody the experience of thousands over centuries. Today I feel bound to them, and in their debt, for the courage and craft that even in death give service.”
― Harvey Oxenhorn, Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic