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You do not ask a tame seagull why it needs to disappear from time to time toward the open sea. It goes, that's all.
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My real log is written in the sea and sky; the sails talking with the rain and the stars amid the sounds of the sea, the silences full of secret things between my boat and me, like the times I spent as a child listening to the forest talk.
Bernard Moitessier
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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Bernard Moitessier
Born:
April 10, 1925
Died:
June 16, 1994
(aged 69)
Bio:
Bernard Moitessier, a French national born and raised in Vietnam, was a sailor most notable for his participation in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, the first round the world yacht race.
Known for:
The Long Way (1973)
La Longue route (1971)
Vagabond des mers du sud (1960)
A Sea Vagabond's World
Sailing to the Reefs
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