This volume reveals the wisdom we can learn from sailing, a sport that pits human skills against the elements, tests the mettle and is a rich source of valuable lessons in life. Unravels the philosophical mysteries behind one of the oldest organized human activities Features contributions from philosophers and academics as well as from sailors themselves Enriches appreciation of the sport by probing its meaning and value Brings to life the many applications of philosophy to sailing and the profound lessons it can teach us A thought-provoking read for sailors and philosophers alike

This volume reveals the wisdom we can learn from sailing, a sportthat pits human skills against the elements, tests the mettle andis a rich source of valuable lessons in life.* Unravels the philosophical mysteries behind one of the oldestorganized human activities* Features contributions from philosophers and academics as wellas from sailors themselves* Enriches appreciation of the sport by probing its meaning andvalue* Brings to life the many applications of philosophy to sailingand the profound lessons it can teach us* A thought-provoking read for sailors and philosophersalike

Foreword: The Craft and the Mystery viiiJohn RousmaniereThe Philosophical Sailor: An Introduction to Sailing - Philosophy for Everyone xivPatrick GooldAcknowledgments xxiiiPart 1 Passing Through Pain and Fear In the Place of Perpetual Undulation 11 Ships of Wood and Men of Iron: Voyaging the Old-Fashioned Way and Seeking Meaning in Adversity 3Jack Stillwaggon2 Winning Philosophy: Developing Patience, Inner Strength, and an Eye for the Good Lanes 12Gary Jobson3 "Hard a' Lee": Why the Work of Sailing Can Be Great Fun 23Crista Lebens4 Solo Sailing as Spiritual Practice: A Phenomenology of Mastery and Failure at Sea 36Richard HutchPart 2 the Meaning of the Boat Three Schools of Thought 475 Buddha's Boat: The Practice of Zen in Sailing 49James Whitehill6 Freedom of the Seas: The Stoic Sailor 61Gregory Bassham and Tod Bassham7 Sailors of the Third Kind: Sailing and Self-Becoming in the Shadow of Heraclitus 72Steven HorrobinPart 3 Beauty and other Aesthetic Aspects Of the Sailing Experience 838 What the Race to Mackinac Means 85Nicholas Hayes9 Sailing, Flow, and Fulfillment 96Steve Matthews10 On the Crest of the Wave: The Sublime, Tempestuous, Graceful, and Existential Facets of Sailing 109Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza, Luísa Gagliardini Graça, and José Ángel Jáuregui-Olaiz11 Navigating What Is Valuable and Steering a Course in Pursuit of Happiness 122Jesse Steinberg and Michael StuckartPart 4 Physics and Metaphysics for The Philosophical Sailor 13312 Do You Have to Be (an) Einstein to Understand Sailing? 135Sebastian Kuhn13 Paradoxes of Sailing: The Physics of Sailing and the Import of Thought Experiments 148John D. Norton14 The Necessity of Sailing: Of Gods, Fate, and the Sea 164Tamar M. Rudavsky and Nathaniel Rudavsky-Brody15 The Channel: An Old Drama by Which the Soul of a Healthy Man is Kept Alive 176Hilaire BellocNotes on Contributors 180