The second thing to know about sea roads is that they are not arbitrary. There are optimal routes to sail … More
Tag: maritime
Hoare, Philip “The Sea Inside” (Melville House 2014)
The sea doesn’t care, it can give or take. Ports are places of grief. Sailors declined to learn to swim, … More
Hoare, Philip “The Sea Inside” (Melville House 2014)
The sea defines us, connects us, separates us. Most of us experience only its edges, our available wilderness on a … More
MacFarlane, Robert “The Old Ways” (Viking 2012)
It was, he explained, a votive offering, a storm charm. All maritime cultures have lore about objects and substances that … More
