The world has grown noisy.

But the rhythm of sailing, the sound of water, the wind on our face offers peace, calm, focus, strength, confidence and accomplishment.

It balances the noise, the distraction, the anxiety.

It is why we sail.

Our minds are focused as we sail. The daily tasks provide the sort of flow that athletes seek to experience. Mental clarity follows and with that a sense that the movement of sailing is one with the sailor on the best of days. Calm and clarity.

Now add in the sprinkle of adventure that can’t help but open the mind with its new experiences, cultures, ideas, people and lands. Add personal growth into the self-care recipe of the benefits of sailing.

Not every day on the water is the perfect day, but it is the day that you learn to listen again, to work together again with your fellow sailors. It is the day that nature teaches us to react quickly to ever-changing circumstances that demand we stay in the moment. Our interpersonal skills and teamwork needs grow again amidst a noisy world that has sometimes given these skills little attention or respect.

Sailing teaches us to be resilient.  We get back up. We try again.  We simply begin to learn and to grow all of this because sailing opens our eyes to the beauty in nature, our place in the world, however small, is understood.  

Sailing quiets the world. Get out there. Sail on.