Aside from what it teaches you, there is simply the indescribable degree of peace that can be achieved on a sailing vessel at sea. I guess a combination of hard work and the seemingly infinite expanse of the sea - the profound solitude - that does it for me.
“We climb to heaven most often on the ruins of our cherished plans, finding our failures were successes.”
“A day spent praising the earth and lamenting man's pollutionist history makes you feel like a superior, sensitive soul.”