You really must go down to the sea

A friend said this afternoon, 'You reckon we'd all be doing ourselves a favour by going to sea and enjoying the world from a different perspective. But look at the number of people swallowed up by the ocean recently.

'There's the yacht sailor who was swept into the sea in a round the world race,

which you'd put on your blog site.

'And what about the Argentinian submariners, dying somewhere down on the ocean bottom?' He offered a link to the Sun newspaper site where the latest news of the tragedy is posted.

The newspaper reports, 'Ships, including the Royal Navy's HMS Protector, are said to have been sent to the area to see if signals came from the (Argentinian Navy sub) San Juan.

False alarms

'But they have now reportedly confirmed the signals were false alarms.'

And as I reported, Brit sailor Simon Speirs in the current Clipper Round the World Race went by the board and sadly didn't survive.

Yes, the ocean, even the seas around our shores, can be dangerous places, no less swimming pools if you leap into the deep end if you can't swim. However, prepare to discover the magic of the world out beyond the beach and I suggest that it will be rather more interesting and exciting than the screens of mobile phones and tablets offers.

However, no reason why you shouldn't take the gadgetry with you, when the pleasure of both aspects of our lives can be enjoyed.

Continues of the blogs for my oceanic adventure book, Sailing to Purgatory, here >>>> at SailingToPurgatory.com