Meeting steamers do not dread;
When you see three lights ahead
Starboard wheel and show your red.
Green to green or red to red,
Perfect safety, go ahead.
If to starboard red appear,
’Tis your duty to keep clear;
Act as judgment says is proper:
Port—or starboard—back or stop her.
But when upon your port is seen
A steamer’s starboard light of green,
There’s not so much for you to do,
For green to port keeps clear of you.
Both in safety and in doubt
Always keep a good look-out;
In danger with no room to turn,
Ease her—Stop her—Go astern.
Copied from John Vigo's blog at:
http://www.johnvigor.com/Blog.htmlAnd a poem about single handed sailing:
Pablo Neruda:
……and now, nothing more,
I want to be alone with my essential sea……
I don’'t want to speak for a long time,
Silence! I want to learn,
I want to know if I exist.
From Royal Vic YC single handed sailor Andrew Evans e book "Thoughts, Tips, Techniques &Tactics For Single handed Sailing"
