Blog of Ben Kuykendall and the S/V PEQUOD. Traveling the world, sailing on as many boats as possible, and searching for the perfect beach.
Friday, June 12, 2009
5 June 2009 -- South Caicos
Spent the morning and early afternoon studying emergency navigation.Practiced taking sun sights with a cheap plastic sextant and then reducing them manually.Mid-afternoon, we went to town, used the internet WiFi at the High School, and then bought a few groceries
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."
- Annie Dillard
"Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."
- Antoine de Saint Exupery
"The years thunder by. The dreams of Youth grow dim where they lie caked in dust on the shelves of Patience. Before we know it, the tomb is sealed."
- Sterling Hayden
"I am continuing non-stop towards the Pacific Islands because I am happy at sea, and perhaps also to save my soul."
- Bernard Moitessier
"The wind and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators."
- Edward Gibbon
"Not all horses were born equal. A few were born to win."
- Mark Twain
"Myths and legends die hard in America.We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality.Weird heroes and mold-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final."
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