Let’s say you have a girlfriend. And at some point in your relationship, she decides she’s done and leaves. It could be in three months, or it could be in 18 years – it doesn’t matter, they are all doing it, and for about the same reasons.
They just decided that they had found something more acceptable. Maybe her new one is better and longer than you, lies on the couch and watches TV, perhaps praises her cooking more often, and walks with her dog – it doesn’t matter. The main thing is not to get too upset and figure out how much she got herself into.
Most likely, her new one doesn’t have a boat. There is an apartment, boxing gloves, and a crazy mother, but there is no boat. Then you can definitely relax – the girl is in deep trouble because getting involved with a man who doesn’t have a boat means not respecting yourself.
He can have anything – a green Ferrari, a gold Arnage, a nature reserve in Namibia, a vineyard in France, a first edition of the Bible, a collection of Spiderman cards, but if he does not have a boat, then he will forever remain a semi-man.
A person who has a boat of any size is a person who understands that life is the sea and the sea is life.
A man with a boat knows for sure that if the sea is sunny and calm in the morning, it doesn’t mean anything at all and that it is imperative to have a windbreaker and life-saving equipment because the weather can change at any moment.
A man with a boat will not do anything at random and will not wait for mercy from nature because he knows for sure that the most beautiful and warm sea, in essence, is still a ruthless killer who does not forgive a single mistake. Therefore, in ordinary life, this man also understands that today’s success can turn into anything tomorrow, and vice versa – clouds can be carried away and brought.
A man who has a boat confidently charts a course. He knows exactly from which point he must leave and where to arrive, while he knows how to deal with the circumstances that prevent him from reaching his destination.
Broad reach, training run, dead run – nothing can stop him.
The sea loves the strong, and the strong love to eat, so a man with a boat will not wait for one of the ladies to cook him dinner. The man with the boat knows how to do everything himself, and, of course, his grilled beef is the best in the world! Not to mention the marlin and bluefish! He who has a boat is good with his hands.
The man with the boat does not fuss and is in no hurry. His roads have neither shoulders nor intersections. Feel the twelve kilometers of abyss under the bottom of the boat, and you immediately have something to think about. There is an abyss between a man without a boat and a man with a boat!
Author Alexey Solyanik
Deep, funny, poetic, above all, realistic.
I enjoyed the read.