Comments on: The Knock Down, a love story… http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/ Searching for the Meaning of the Word Civilization Tue, 7 Feb 2012 18:18:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Dena http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-38190 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 13:08:56 +0000 http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-38190 Tom - wow. Trust is huge, and more often than not trust in ourselves is what gets us through these things. We'll keep up the travels, and you'll have to come take part at some point! Tom - wow. Trust is huge, and more often than not trust in ourselves is what gets us through these things. We’ll keep up the travels, and you’ll have to come take part at some point!

]]> by: Tom http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-38020 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:22:21 +0000 http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-38020 cope and prevail. If one day I die in a moment when I am stretched past my limits and cannot cope, I will die gloriously, perfectly, characteristically These are words wrote by a women , whose picture is on this blog, at the wheel in hand ,mohawk on head , and plenty cool tattoo's . This is a woman I would trust with ANYTHING !!!!!! Thanks Dena.... cope and prevail. If one day I die in a moment when I am stretched past my limits and cannot cope, I will die gloriously, perfectly, characteristically
These are words wrote by a women , whose picture is on this blog, at the wheel in hand ,mohawk on head , and plenty cool tattoo’s . This is a woman I would trust with ANYTHING !!!!!! Thanks Dena….

]]> by: James http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37974 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:18:40 +0000 http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37974 My love, that is exactly why I am so happy to be discovering the world with you! My love, that is exactly why I am so happy to be discovering the world with you!

]]> by: Dena http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37939 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:41:08 +0000 http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37939 Ah - lovely, one and all! I was absolutely calm and simultaneously so freaked out that I just up'n left as James says. But really, the lovinglivinglook is exactly what I needed at that moment. It got me through a 9-hour day at work, during which I told strange, abbreviated, edited versions of the story to non-sailors. I like this version better! And yeah - we have so enjoyed so many adventures. We have even enjoyed telling the stories of our misadventures! But really, what we enjoy, over and over, is being stretched, made larger, made to cope and prevail. If one day I die in a moment when I am stretched past my limits and cannot cope, I will die gloriously, perfectly, characteristically for me, indeed. And I feel confident that I will look at James and that the last look between us will be the one we've shared through so many adventures. It will be loving and exhilarated and frightened and overwhelmed. But I'm in no hurry to reach that moment. We do keep living, after all! Ah - lovely, one and all!

I was absolutely calm and simultaneously so freaked out that I just up’n left as James says. But really, the lovinglivinglook is exactly what I needed at that moment. It got me through a 9-hour day at work, during which I told strange, abbreviated, edited versions of the story to non-sailors. I like this version better!

And yeah - we have so enjoyed so many adventures. We have even enjoyed telling the stories of our misadventures! But really, what we enjoy, over and over, is being stretched, made larger, made to cope and prevail. If one day I die in a moment when I am stretched past my limits and cannot cope, I will die gloriously, perfectly, characteristically for me, indeed. And I feel confident that I will look at James and that the last look between us will be the one we’ve shared through so many adventures. It will be loving and exhilarated and frightened and overwhelmed.

But I’m in no hurry to reach that moment. We do keep living, after all!

]]> by: James http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37862 Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:38:26 +0000 http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37862 Jason, so many things have truly humbled me about our life on the water that I've never considered any of our many adventures to be defeat but rather an on going school of humility. Thanks for being there... Jason, so many things have truly humbled me about our life on the water that I’ve never considered any of our many adventures to be defeat but rather an on going school of humility. Thanks for being there…

]]> by: James http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37845 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:18:58 +0000 http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37845 Zen, S/V S.N. Nomad was built REALLY well in 1961 and is a more than adequate Reaper Repellent but nothing is better than having a sharp crew to ward off his grimness... Zen, S/V S.N. Nomad was built REALLY well in 1961 and is a more than adequate Reaper Repellent but nothing is better than having a sharp crew to ward off his grimness…

]]> by: Garuda http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37843 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:49:05 +0000 http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37843 Getting that phone call from you after it happened was a great peek into the day to day realities of the live aboard life, it freaked me out - you were so intense and intent. As you know I've been exploring my fears and feeling around moving onto the ocean and these kind of stories are what I need to feel into. In the end this story only makes me more intent on joining you both on the water sooner than later... The way that this life puts one so close to ones maker, so to speak, is very romantic and beautiful to me - terrible and real. Makes me think of something Rilke said - the purpose of life is to become defeated by greater and greater things... Getting that phone call from you after it happened was a great peek into the day to day realities of the live aboard life, it freaked me out - you were so intense and intent. As you know I’ve been exploring my fears and feeling around moving onto the ocean and these kind of stories are what I need to feel into. In the end this story only makes me more intent on joining you both on the water sooner than later…
The way that this life puts one so close to ones maker, so to speak, is very romantic and beautiful to me - terrible and real. Makes me think of something Rilke said - the purpose of life is to become defeated by greater and greater things…

]]> by: zen http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37825 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:08:37 +0000 http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37825 WoW! The grim reaper touched your boat and you can still blog about it! WoW!
The grim reaper touched your boat and you can still blog about it!

]]> by: James http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37776 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:35:24 +0000 http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37776 You know Tom, so many of my friends are NOT sailors that nomenclature is always a consideration when writing a sailing adventure... In other words, I usually throttle back on the salty-sailor talk, but, in this case I just went ahead and wrote it the way I saw it... I wrote this blog a little over an hour after the actual event so the language is strongly motivated by the adrenaline-to-blood ratio occurring in my body at the time... Dude, I was freaked-the-fuck out and couldn't explain it any other way! I had to go in to work that night and when I told my two co-managers the story I was bouncing from one foot to the other while telling the adventure. Neither one of those guys had EVER seen me in such an agitated state (I'm still new there) so Chris,my boss (who is not a sailor), asked; "Out of all the years and 1000's of miles that you've sailed all over the world how many times has this happened to you?" When I said "NEVER!", both of those guys gave me a very satisfying gasp in response. I'm telling you, this was a very big deal and once again, Dena and I came out of it with just a few little boat repairs and a-hell-of-a great adventure story. Thanks for reading it! You know Tom, so many of my friends are NOT sailors that nomenclature is always a consideration when writing a sailing adventure… In other words, I usually throttle back on the salty-sailor talk, but, in this case I just went ahead and wrote it the way I saw it… I wrote this blog a little over an hour after the actual event so the language is strongly motivated by the adrenaline-to-blood ratio occurring in my body at the time… Dude, I was freaked-the-fuck out and couldn’t explain it any other way!
I had to go in to work that night and when I told my two co-managers the story I was bouncing from one foot to the other while telling the adventure. Neither one of those guys had EVER seen me in such an agitated state (I’m still new there) so Chris,my boss (who is not a sailor), asked; “Out of all the years and 1000’s of miles that you’ve sailed all over the world how many times has this happened to you?” When I said “NEVER!”, both of those guys gave me a very satisfying gasp in response. I’m telling you, this was a very big deal and once again, Dena and I came out of it with just a few little boat repairs and a-hell-of-a great adventure story. Thanks for reading it!

]]> by: Tom http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37775 Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:22:52 +0000 http://www.svsapien.net/wordpress/2010/06/15/the-knock-down/#comment-37775 Great reading, mostly over my head. But once again you have captured my brain for the 10 minutes it took for me to read and understand all those terminology's that are spoken when you are a sailor. Glad to read that good luck and skillfulness are still following you guy's. Aloha Great reading, mostly over my head. But once again you have captured my brain for the 10 minutes it took for me to read and understand all those terminology’s that are spoken when you are a sailor. Glad to read that good luck and skillfulness are still following you guy’s. Aloha

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