Sailing

Chapter 4: Review of Archaeological Literature The history of the Redemptora as a shipwreck starts at an unknown date. Until now, little had been found about its abandonment, reflecting a common practice of disposing of vessels without fanfare. However, in the museum files (WA Maritime Museum file MA File No: 10/78-1) a very interesting article in the U.E.C (Underwater Explorers’ Club) News of October 1962 was unveiled, signed by the ‘Beach Master’. It reports on page six that the author had…

Sailing in Croatia – Discovering the Adriatic at Your Own Pace One of the best experiences you can treat yourself to while vacationing in Croatia is a renting a yacht. Imagine it; the sea and the sun, and you and your partner, sailing the open sea without a care in the world. It’s quite an experience! One of the greatest things about it is the fact that you get to make your own itinerary. Group sailing tours have their charm, that is true, but sometimes you’re just not in the mood for the…

Doomed to Die But Deathless: An Exploration of Yeats’s “Sailing to Byzantium” When we die, what do we leave behind? Do we leave anything? This question haunts us all, but none more so than anyone who creates. In “Sailing to Byzantium”, W.B. Yeats is painfully aware of his mortality, of all mortality, and can no longer bring himself to exist in a place where everyone and everything is doomed to fade and die. In naming Byzantium as his destination, he calls to mind an ancient, immortal city that…

In the southeast, The explorer Juan Ponce had a passion for sailing. Juan seems to enjoy sailing because he never quits sailing. In 1508 Juan landed in place known today as Puerto Rico.Juan discovered tons of riches, imagine how happy he should look. Juan later than became governor of the colony. In 1512 Juan discovered a land we know today as Florida.Although Juan did not colonize Florida he made an impact on his life. Two decades later a new explorer arrived which was known as De Soto. De…

Sailing the Social Sea Thriving as an Introvert in an Extroverted World James Walker Part 1 - Extrovert, Introvert, or Ambivert? 1 Types of Personalities According to Jungian analytical psychology, there are two types of personalities - Extrovert and Introvert. The notion of “Ambivert”, which refers to a mix of both, was added to the paradigm later on. Extroverts draw energy from actions. They act first and think later. The less they act, the less motivated they…

characteristics of an epic hero, such as being of great national importance and being a strong male warrior. He is also able to deliver great rhetorics, or formal speeches. In “The Odyssey”, Odysseus gives two very different yet somewhat similar rhetorics in “Sailing from Troy” and “The Cyclops”. In contrast, these two rhetorics differ as they provide different amounts of information and show different levels of trust towards the target, treat the target of the rhetoric differently, and have…

Criterion 4: Demonstrated Wider Learning from Wider Field Experiences Together with my husband and twin boys, we spent three and a half years exploring the world as a family on our sailing catamaran "Por Dos", from June 2012 to November 2015. We had fantastic experiences on our adventure exploring the culture and countries of the Atlantic, Caribbean, Mediterranean and South Pacific. During those three and a half years I home-schooled my twin sons through grades 6, 7 and 8. I will describe in…

Christopher Columbus Day, many schools are closed, offices, and government buildings. Some people agree and disagree about whether he deserves to be honored or not. He has done many good things for the world like finding the Americas ,and he was brave for sailing the seas to find the “New World”. The author of the article “Columbus Doesn’t Deserve a Holiday” thinks otherwise. He thinks he’s a demon and shouldn’t be honored at all. What are the similarities about these two articles? Two…

sisters, parents and grandmother. He attended school until the age of 12 years old, when he apprenticed at Ropes and Hodges ship chandlery,which would last nine years, in 1785. This was where he learned about the equipment and supplies needed to outfit sailing ships and heard stories of exotic ports and people (Nugent). The shop is no longer standing, but the waterfront, which originally…

My high school experience has been strikingly different than what I see on TV, in movies, or read in books. While I know some people at my school clearly identify with a single archetype, I feel that I cannot be characterized by any one of these labels: jock, nerd, or rebel. Rather, I am a unique mix of the qualities of all three. I am like a jock because I am serious about the sports in which I participate. I run cross country, winter track, and spring track. While I am not yet a varsity…