It’s been a long time since our last Wet Wednesday video – I’m always looking for DIY ones from our region.
While this video has nothing to do with the PNW, it’s well worth the 12 minutes! It’s as much about why we sail as about the Great Dane Paul Elvstrøm.
Narrator Richard Creagh-Osborne tries to explain the draw of sailing – I assume in Elvstrøm’s words but clearly speaking for us all: “There’s something in the true sailor that drives him to the water. You can’t really define it. It’s like loving a person. When you really feel at one with someone, absolutely everything else goes by the boards. And that’s how it is with sailing.” That pretty much sums it up for a lot of us. We can no more stay away from the water than turn our back on a loved one.
Check out the high tech gear: wool sweaters, sneakers and rope hiking straps. Click the image to go to the Danish film site.
Credit where credit is due – I found this video while perusing the Sailing Anarchy forums.
Kurt grew up racing and cruising in the Midwest, and has raced Lasers since the late 1970s. Currently he is a broker at Swiftsure Yachts. He has been Assistant Editor at Sailing Magazine and a short stint as Editor of Northwest Yachting. Through Meadow Point Publishing he handles various marketing duties for smaller local companies. He currently is partners on a C&C 36 which he cruises throughout the Northwest. He’s married to the amazing Abby and is father to Ian and Gabe.