Everyone will agree that a sunset viewed from a western coast is the most beautiful. This is because of two factors:
The sunset occurs over water.
No one has seen the prettier alternative!
What could be better than a sunset from a beach? A sunset out in the middle of the ocean where the whole sky become god’s canvas.
Out on the ocean, there is nothing obstructing the horizon. That means that you will have a perfect sunset every afternoon!
Depending on different air qualities, such as air pressure, humidity, dust, air streams, and cloud cover, you will get a new and exciting sunset every time; best of all, each sunset will be unique.
We make a special effort to eat our dinner in the cockpit while out at sea on a blue water voyage just so that we can watch the sunset.
There is something magical and magnificent about watching the colors in the sky change as the glowing spot on the horizon disappears beyond the horizon. As the sun fades away, the sky will burst into a painters palate of colors, and then the stars will begin to come out.
Mars and Jupiter are usually the first of the night lights that come into view after the sun sets, and rather quickly as our eyes adjust, all the stars in the sky light up in a vast wonder above our yacht.
I have spent many nights starring up at the mast head, watching its silhouette move among the stars. Laying in the cockpit looking up at the night sky as you sit alone on the surface of the ocean with no one else present in your visible disk of the Earth makes you feel just as alone as the invisible planets that orbit the infinite stars out there in the sky. It becomes easy to imagine that someone else might be sitting on their own craft on a distant planet, looking up at their night sky and visualizing our Galaxy as just another star in their own sky.
Our next anchorage after Johnny jumped ship was pure and perfect paradise. Once again, it was just Maddie and I. We could walk along the beach holding hands as we listened to the waves as all of our cares and worries washed away with the outgoing tide.
Maddie and I explored the tiny island and watched the waves crash in from the Atlantic side onto the steep cliff faces where powerful waves turned into mighty spray. We then returned to the calm beach overlooking our boat Wisdom.
We had a nice picnic dinner on the beach as we watched the sunset. Everything was perfect!
