I wanted freedom, open air and adventure. I found it on the sea.

Turkey is a European country, an Asian country, a Middle Eastern country, Balkan country, Caucasian country, neighbor to Africa, Black Sea country, Caspian Sea, all these.

Sun and wind and beat of sea,

I would that with sleepy, soft embraces The sea would fold mewould find me rest In luminous shades of her secret places, In depths where her marvels are manifest; So the earth beneath her should not discover My hidden couchnor the heaven above her As a strong love shielding a weary lover, I would have her shield me with shining breast.

Man is under all conditons immersed in a sea of God's blessings. Therefore, be thou not hopeless under any circumstances, but rather be firm in thy hope

The terrifying physics of going up-mast in heavy seas are inescapable.

Terror ripped through me as I was falling, falling, falling toward the sea.

All the ingenuity, all the high-tech gear, all the jury-rigging sometimes the sea would rip it all away until there was only you, the Creator, and His mercy.

Being at sea is like watching the whole world in high-definition.

The things that happen on the sea take you beyond yourself, beyond human capability.