"The ocean has always been a salve to my soul...the best thing for a cut or abrasion was to go swimming in salt water.Later down the road of life,I made the discovery that salt water was also good for the mental abrasions one inevitably acquires on land.":)Offcourse,I hate storms,but calms undermine my spirits...It's scary to have a 30 foot wave chasing you.If you are steering,you don't look back.The crew looks back for you,and you watch their faces.When they look straight up,then get ready!:).There is nothing more enticing,disenchanting,and enslaving than the life at sea.The days pass happily with me wherever my ship sails.At sea,I learned how little a person needs,not how much.Wind is to us what money is to life on shore.:)"My experience with engines is that if you depend on them they fail you,but if it just doesn't matter,they serve you."