Mooring minute

Immortal finish lines!

In sailing we often encounter racing to destinations beyond what we can see, often the race is between us, our team, the wind and waves. We are sailing a compass course to a destination days if not weeks away. Time on the water allows us to cast off the ties which often hold us back, it allows us the space to eliminate many of the rituals we adopt to cope from day today. It allows us to engage with the world, the weather, wind and waves, to connect with sun rises and sun sets, to see every available star. We learn that in life the race is really never over, until we call it, as the adventure of life never ends because we are always on the way. 

Often the success of the race is the race itself, the mere act of arriving, it’s up to others to call the outcome, to pat you on the back and to say you won. As success is what you call it, true success is when you find joy in the journey no matter the outcome. Distance Sailing allows you the space to eliminate who are not so to be who you want to be! 

As true joy is the journey, it’s arriving knowing that you survived every storm, that you have a what it takes to be all that you are destined to be!

The mooring minute!!

A ship’s #speed is measured in #knots because it is a unit of speed historically used in navigation, tied to the maritime tradition. The term originates from a method sailors used in the past to measure speed at sea.

The #History:

 • Sailors used a device called a log line, a rope with evenly spaced knots tied along its length.

 • The log line was thrown into the water, and as the ship moved, the number of knots that passed through a sailor’s hands in a specific amount of time (usually 30 seconds) was counted.

 • This count determined the ship’s speed in “knots.”

Why Knots?

 • A knot is equal to one nautical mile per hour.

 • Nautical miles are based on the Earth’s circumference and are more practical for navigation because they are tied to the planet’s geography (1 nautical mile = 1 minute of latitude = 1.852 kilometers).

Using knots allows for consistency and precision in maritime and aerial navigation, making it the standard unit for measuring speed at sea and in the AIr!