The Emotion of Awe
Awe: a sudden tear in the quiet fabric of reality.
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The Psychology of Sailing: Navigating a Meaningful Life
Navigating Life: The Psychology of Sailing (New Series). This article launches a compelling series exploring the analogy between sailing a boat and living a meaningful life. Discover how concepts like Transformative Experiences, Flow, and Awe—first explored in my university lectures—illuminate the journey of self-discovery.
The core challenge of life is navigation: moving through an often-unfamiliar environment toward an unknown destination. Many feel they are sailing by the seat of their pants, struggling with an unawareness of inner motives (Am I happy? What is my goal?). -
Dealing with the Blues while sailing
The Cruising Blues and Their Cure: Pirsig’s Metaphor for Life Navigation The Cruising Blues and Their Cure: Pirsig’s Metaphor for Life Navigation When Robert M. Pirsig passed away at age 88 in his home in Maine, he left behind a cultural legacy deeply tied to his brilliant, best-selling books. He became instantly famous with the…
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When sailing is only a game: Sailaway the ultimate sailing simulator
Sailaway is a new sailing simulator that promise “to sail the distant ocean from the comfort of your home and PC”. The game is planned to be releases via Early Access in April 2017 by Irregular Corporation. Featuring a realistic reproduction of ocean water and waves, coastline and and real-time weather conditions (based on NOAA data) and…
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The beauty of the Arctic: interview with Chris and Jess Bray
Chris Bray and Jess Taunton bought an old 29 ft. sailboat in Halifax, Canada in 2009, rebuilt her and sailed through the Northwest Passage to Alaska. Already professional photographers and adventurers (check out their website), they reached many fans on the Internet thanks to a popular Youtube series of their voyage. They are also currently…
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Push your mind and body further: interview with Matt Rutherford
Humans can’t survive for long in the ocean without the aid of technology. The development of technology is a key factor to enhance sailing performance but while very important, there are other factors that influence success in sailing. The extraordinary ability that humans possess in adapting to different environments and the mental capacity to withstand…
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A family of sailing nomads: meet the Coconuts
There are special people that redefine the concept of normality. Sometimes a lone individual takes on a challenge and defies conventions through a unique journey. In this case, it’s an entire family. The Coconuts are a sailing family of six, Jay, Natasha, Sol, Luna, Caribe e Artico, who sailed for six years in the South America,…
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Living a Happy Outdoor Life: interview with Ellen & Seth
Ellen Massey Leonard and Seth Leonard both already fulfilled their childhood dream to sail around the world onboard their first sailboat Heretic, and now they are fostering new voyages of exploration towards the Arctic Ocean onboard Celeste. They do all this while conducting an intense professional career, and documenting their sailing adventure on their website gonefloatabout.com….
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The 5 obstacles to “living the cruising dream”
Sailing towards distant horizons, visiting new countries following one’s own time is an increasing popular lifestyle, a dream at hand’s reach. The new wave of sailing bloggers (like myself) and Youtube Sailing Channel lure a wide audience into this narrative of self-realization and discovery that helps to spring up the belief that absolutely everyone can…
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Small boat, big ocean: an interview with James Baldwin
James Baldwin has become an established point of reference for small sailboat enthusiasts. His website atomvoyages is a wellspring of informations for people who are planning to start cruising affordably. He is author of two books about his voyages aboard Atom, a Pearson Triton built in 1963 that has been twice around the world. Most of…
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The Psychology of Sailing: 7 Ways to Manage Stress While Sailing
Explore the psychology of offshore stress and the panic threshold at sea. Learn 7 actionable strategies to build mental resilience, manage crew dynamics, and maintain cognitive focus during high-tension ocean navigation.
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Sail ever more simply and efficiently: interview with Webb Chiles
Webb Chiles is an American sailor, 5 times circumnavigator and author of seven books. He had throughout his life reached impressive sailing achievements but also, as a writer, he confronted the reader with the fascination of his peculiar human experience, or as his website states he goes “to the edges of the human experience and…
