ON OCEANS Qeant, Fut [e settled Jor photographs 8he fl]ing Ásh, the sOidding shear[aters and the voyaging terns, the sweet quiet of the fo’c’sle, where you cannot hear the engine, only the hiss off the bow cutting on through the water, as if forever, through all the moods and colors of the sea, moved him as they did me. There are moments on a voyage when you experience the quiet harmony of transcendence. It comes from the ocean’s giJt oJ proportion its scale returns ]ou to ]our true si^e 3nl] love Qatters then, and ]ou do not have or need [ords Jor ]our Jeelings at that QoQent, as ]ou ga^e upon the sea 3ne evening on the 4aciÁc the captain said, “When you get home you will tell them where you have been, and they will imagine sunsets and sunrises, but they will never understand, however much you tell them, how vast the oceans are.” It was as if the sea itself had spoken! But you will know what he meant. The great secret of the ocean is out there, and it is much, much bigger than any landed life can see. HORATIO CLARE is the award-winning author of “Down To The Sea In Ships: Of Ageless Oceans and Modern Men,” and other books.
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