I did finally fall asleep and when small fish that would suddenly all more broken sky and I was grateful the
I awoke I found Shariyat charging shoot away like fireworks. What was light winds had held, even though we
along like a freight train (her previous especially eerie though was the way were often down to less than 2 knots. I
name) right on course, which would Shariyat’s bow wave would break into had found Fred’s’ limit, at ¼ knot he
itself have been enough to make me an intense curtain of brightness behind got frustrated and quit. Soon it was
happy. But the sea was alive like one the big genoa which lit the sail and then even prettier than the day before as
giant living organism, alit, glowing bathed the entire boat in green, pulsing well defined larger squalls loomed all
and sparkling green in an otherwise on and off like a beacon as we bounded around like living beings with bright
dark and moonless night. I knew it over one wave and into the next. I was writhing tops playing in the sunlight
was intense bio-luminescence I’ve seen captivated as if riding a magic carpet, and dark vertical walls raining below.
many times before, but not like this. flying through the space of some new Squalls play with sailboats like cats with
This had an enchanted appearance. and different universe. The words a mouse. They come out of nowhere
At night the sea is usually darker than from a Loreena McKennitt song came and blindside you with strong shifting
the sky, unless there is the whiteness of into my mind, “Cast your eyes on winds when they see you are flying full
breaking seas. Now the sea was almost the ocean. Cast your soul to the sea. sail. They form to weather of you, puff
bright as lit by some sun way below its When the dark night seems endless. up and flex their muscles and threaten
depths with a light green glow. Looking Please remember me.” Some very to blow you down so you shorten sail
closely over the side I could see the deep “remembrance” stirred strongly in response only to have them laugh
trillions of individual sparkles like stars inside of me as I was being embraced at you and disappear in front of your
in an endless galaxy down beneath my by who/whatever the “me” was in her eyes. In one Transpac race on Pacifica
boat giving me another rare, three- words as this wondrous beauty was we went through 4 or 5 squalls having
dimensional view of my watery world. caressing my soul this magical evening. taken the big spinnaker down in fear
I thought of poor Fred stoically holding Clock time had stopped for me again, of them only to have no wind increase
a course in his simpleminded manner for how long I couldn’t tell. I knew at all or even a diminished wind in
oblivious to the display around us and I needed my sleep but I needed this their wake. So, for the next squall, we
wondered if any artificial intelligence more. I finally went below and hung left it up and were hit with 40 knots.
we ever do build would ever be able to out in that restful but not quite asleep The spreaders went in the water while
fully appreciate the awe and splendor state for most of the night, occasionally I fumbled for the sheet on the cockpit
I was witnessing. I hoped not. I went falling over the edge into a real dream, winch now a foot underwater. When
up on the foredeck and watched content with it all. it was over we had no spinnaker. They
as Shariyat raced up to a school of Dawn of day three saw an even know and they laugh.
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