Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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WE the bounding Chesapeake every week-end WE who have sailed are lucky, for we know the power of the sea, and we know the joy of its friendship. Some of us found new thrill in the smell of a freshening breeze, some, older by experience, just relaxed and thought of cruises on Narragansett Bay and Lake Erie. But we all found a fellowship and pride that we can never lose. The texts, and the sports, and the hops, or the blast of reveille and marches to class, all make a balanced military diet, but they are forgotten once a Norieaster takes charge. There is no romance in routine, and the only compensation we found was in the wishful thinking we did as we cast off and put out into the channel. One day we hoped we'd make a trip around the world in our own schooner. The sound of words like Madagas- car and Tongatabu were calls to adventure. The call of the sea lies in the beauty of her ships and the clean open air, in the feel of a rising wind, and the confidence that your ship will ride out the storm. But knowledge of the sea, without the love of it, is hypocrisy, and this love is fostered only by experience. The sea is nature's most vindictive warrior, and yet, to meet her fairly is irresistible. 5 W ..