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Ii I Ships We Sail 18 Hawaii 20 Alaska 22 Europe 23 Northern Europe 24 Italy 25 England 26 Africa 27 South America 30 Israel 32 Middle East 34 Hong Kong 36 Evenings At Sea 38 Faces Of Sea Year 40 Navy 46
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N The world has indeed become our campus, with the playground being that most precious time in port. We traveled to ports filled with people of different lan- guages, governments, economies, and cultures. Our minds are filled with memories of dancing in South America, camel and ruins of the Middle East and Medi- terrean, exotic offerings of the Orient, and safaris in Africa. Memories of similarities among the ports of call such as American music, beautiful women (and men), and the universal love and innocence revealed in the eyes of a child. Yes, sea year taught us about the Merchant Marine but more important, we learned about ourselves. We all | remember that first time climbing up the gangway, our hearts filled with anxiety and fear, and our heads with questions such as “how in the hell did I end up here?”, but still more excited than anything else. Finally came the day when we climbed back down the gangway, home- ward bound at last, with perhaps a little more hair and a lot more maturity, but probably no more money! We grew up a bit—not too much for we are Kings Pointers after all—but enough to realize we can make it through. By the time you read this, this whole wicked trip will be over for the Class of 1989, as now our own ships are coming in, ships of life. And so I leave you with this poem, written by Kahlil Gibran in The Prophet: As you prepare to embark to the sea of life that calls all things unto her; Sons of my ancient mother, you riders of the tides, How often have you sailed in my dreams. And now you come in my awakening, which is my deeper dream. Ready am I to go, and my eagerness with sails full set awaits the wind. Only another breath will I breathe in this still air, only another loving look cast backward. And then I shall stand among you, a seafarer among seafarers. And you, vast sea, sleepless mother, Who alone are peace and freedom to the river and the stream, Only another winding will this stream make, only another murmur in this glade, And then I shall come to you, a boundless drop to the boundless ocean.
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