The Sea and Her Sorrows

“Perhaps the sea is like ourselves,” Mark said, 
“And has as much to say of storms and calms 
That shake or make it still, as we have power 
To shake or to be still…” Edwin Arlington Robinson, Tristram

Your talent with watercraft, swimming, and the navigation and survival skills important when on the ocean or great rivers.

The sea is a fearsome and fickle partner, and few¹ are comfortable with her - though from its geography Britain has more than its share of communities with cultural pride in their seafaring ways or just plain practice.

Footnotes

1. Especially the gentry, those rich enough to not have to do this. ↩