TAHIRA ARC BLOG D-Day 7 [26-Nov-23]

TAHIRA ARC BLOG
D-Day 7 [26-Nov-23]
Location: North of Cape Verde
Lat: 18.07N Long: 26.56W

BIG WORLD SMALL WORLD PERSPECTIVES

One of the fascinating aspects of sailing the Atlantic is both the enormous size and space you find in an ocean, but at the same time, the smallness of our day-to-day world on a 42 foot yacht.

Big world
Bobbing around in the middle of one of the world's great oceans makes us feel very small.

" We can see as far as the horizon in all directions
" Other than the occasional ship passing in the night, most days we see no other manmade object
" The ocean floor is already over 3,000m beneath us and we are still only on the edge of the ocean as we work our way down the coast of Africa
" Every night when the cloud is clear the sky opens up to reveal the planets and stars in their full glory
" And no matter what we do, out here it is nature that decides what happens and when - we are very very small cogs in an enormous universe
" ... each of us is completely irrelevant in the broader universe.

Small world
In direct contrast to the enormity of the universe in which we live in for 3 weeks, we have gone:

" From living in 100 square meter houses to having less than 2 square meters of personal space
" From having our own beds to hot bunking with other crew members
" From a daily step count of 10,000 to less than 10 :
" From complaining about having less than 20mbps internet to having none
" From being able to pop into anyone of a dozen cafe's to making your own coffee - but still tastes bloody good!
" From having the world news pushed on us every minute of the day to having no news at all - isn't it great!
" ... each of us is a critical cog in the effective working of a 42 foot boat - bobbing around in the ocean.

This big world small world contrast is getting us all to reflect on who we are, how we fit in, what is important to us and what we want out of life. And perhaps how our lives will change once back on dry land - or not.

Blog author: Andy Bruce