Amari - Hitting the century mark

In about 2 hours we will hit the 1000 mile mark. Yeah, it's an arbitrary marker, like why not celebrate 850 miles or 1129 miles or something. It would be a lot more convenient, as this 1k marker will occur at 5am, lol.

But it also happens to occur at the 1/3 point of the passage. After going so far at sea and recognizing that there are 2 more of those to go, it doesn't really live for me like, wow what a huge passage and I can't believe we made it all this way!

3 years ago, it definitely would have.

But now, it feels like we just got started, just getting into a nice rhythm at sea. We are all sleeping well, the food and company are all excellent, the weather doesn't suck, and we're not getting beat up by the seas at all.

This is a beautiful passage. And if you have to be out for three full weeks at sea, this is the route to do it on.

1k down, 2 more to go. And at this point in the voyage, I'm not really longing for port-side pubs or counting the days until I get back to my beloved wifi signal.

It feels a bit like what I imagine Montissier(sp?) must have felt from the Voyage of Madmen story. This is the round the world race that started on Britain in the late 60s, and the guy in the lead coming around S America was this Frenchman. All he had to do to win the race, the prize, and the glory was to turn north back up to England.

But for him the thought of going back to a crush of reporters and questions and that crazy artifice of it all was something he could not bear. Not to mention the weather.

He was in the lead. There was serious prize money waiting for him. But none of it was worth giving up sailing. So he blew it all off and kept sailing east because he wanted to go back to the Pacific, where he finally made port.

Ask me again at 2k or 3, but at this point 1000 miles is not nearly enough. If you love sailing and the serenity of the seas, sail west from Galapagos. This is your sweet spot.