September 15, 2022
There’s nothing special in this video. No water spouts. No near-death experience. No hula girls, and no tropical fruit drinks. Just a normal and pretty routine day in our cruising lives. Not a great day and not a bad one either.
What caught my attention was the resonance between the song that was playing on my phone and the scenery sliding by. The right music, for me at least, turned a relatively dull day into a beautiful experience. Contrary to what some vlogs would have you believe, cruising is not all nail-biting action or orgasmic bliss. Most of it is just life.
This was on a dead downwind motor-sail from nearby islands to Mackay, Australia on Legacy, our Catalina 38 (S&S).
The music is He Aloha No O Honolulu by The Maile Serenaders from an album called Hawai’i’s Favorite Slack Key & Steel Guitar Instrumentals.
-Rich
