What I have learned over the past couple of weeks of sailing around is that you and your sailing boat are just a tiny spider in the web of other stuff that is happening. I was writing earlier about the storms that were hitting the Mediterranean in all kinds of different countries and that sometimes it means that you do not have the option to go out because of safety reasons and have to stay in a safe space.
What also can happen is that you have to make your travel plans a bit more controversial in terms of the timetable. That can mean that sometimes you might even have to leave before sunrise to get somewhere in time. That can either be to catch a bridge that opens only once in the morning, or it can be so you can make it to a safe harbour before the weather starts to change. Either way....I really don'even mind because the ritual of the morning can be done from any spot in the water at any given moment.
What I know is that usually I am not really that good in getting up early in the morning. But when there is water involved this is a different story. Do a little bomb from the boat into the water and you are wide awake in no time. The biggest splash will annouce to other that you are departing as well as the cries of someone who jumps in cold water are kind of hard not to be ignored for the rest of the world.
And then after sailing off...total tranquility. The silence of no engine on. The few knots of wind will gently push you further along the water towards your destination. Just looking at the bikini which was used for the waterbomb in the morning hanging to dry looks like a piece of art.
Sunrise really is a special moment of the day, which is even a lot more special when you are spending it in silence on the water while the colours of the day are changing. I'll take this any day!
