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Sailing is such a variable sport. There could be no wind, or there could be 25 knots. You never know what you're going to get.

Still bent to make some port he knows not where, still standing for some false impossible shore.

I grew up sailing in the North Sea.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure.

Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale.

Sailing is a big outlet for me.

I am not a yachting person, by nature, but I have just enough experience on the sea under sail to feel a certain nostalgia for it when I see a big white racing yacht heeled over at cruising speed on the ocean, and I can still tie a mean bowline knot on just about anything in less than 10 seconds.

We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.