Here's a lovely story about John Lennon's sailing to Bermuda

[DonaldsRump]

in the Summer 1980 just a few months before he was killed:

https://www.salon.com/2020/07/11/john-lennon-sailed-to-bermuda-through-a-storm-screaming-sea-shanties-and-shouting-at-the-gods/

[ariadne0614]

1. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. n/t

[empedocles]

2. Didn't have Lennon's life-changing experience, but had a somewhat similar sail.

Merely sailing from W. Palm Beach to Bimini, hit an unexpected 'turbulent' Gulfstream. From the bottom of the swells and wave, it looked like the view from the floor of the Pantheon in Rome, at the opening of the dome. Circular towering walls of water, with a small lighter gray circle at the top.

The mast of our 28' Soveral looked so small. Easily lost track of our 35' companion boat, that turned back. 5 hours of that. Then Bimini was calm. We felt after the Gulfstream we could handle anything, as we did for the rest of our couple of weeks touring private islands [uninvited, Nassau etc.]. Never would have volunteered for such turbulence, but so glad to have done it.

[dhill926]

3. great story...thx for posting...

can only um, imagine the music that would have poured forth from John, had he not been murdered....

[Dem2theMax]

4. Made me happy reading this.

It was wonderful imagining John out there, on his own, conquering the elements.