"One can rest above or below the wave, and even completely within it and tour the world with it ten times, doing nothing but watch the clouds and the sun and the moon and the stars above the clouds, with the wave and in the wave doing nothing but watch and feel. But one could also take a moonbeam at the instant it ricochets into the sea and lands and return aboard to see the sea, just watching and thinking with her, breathing again the odour of land and the things of the sky. All of this is easy, just watching the sea, choosing the wave well, just the right size, and take the time to see the sea."

Bernard Moitessier, La longue route