Finally got both sails up, jib and main. There is nothing like sailing solely by the wind--no engine--the complete silence--only the sound of the water against the hull and the luff of a sail. Dolphins rode our wake. Makes me wish I was younger, less fat, more agile--but oh so glad that I get to experience all this stuff.
My other "passion" is writing and so I must liken sailing to that art--it is a sole-ful thing. As in sailing, there is a silence as loud as the thoughts between the writer and the page.
Both  demand the full attention of the purest form of grace I possess.