Who here has been in the middle of an ocean?

Even Better who here has crossed an Ocean?

For 2 ASA points.

Why would anyone want to be out in the middle of an ocean?

Bonus question

For those old timers here they might remember me asking this question
as the first question I ever posted here, and BTW I never got a
straight answer. I ask you this. If you were to sail around the world
would you go east or west? Why?

BTW Ol Thom, when I asked that question, you said that a friend of
yours had just died , and he asked that very same question...who was
that?

Joe