i developed a theory during that voyage, all spoken communication
throughout history is actually imprisoned in unique molecules of sea
water waiting to be released into the ether. as a yacht (or anything
else) disturbs the molecules the noise is released from its
imprisonment. initially those playbacks were only in english but after
a while i was picking them up & understanding them in several
languages. other things that happened include sailing through sheds &
parkland and being visited by friendly spirits who i felt were time
travellers coming back to observe me.

that aside for anyone cruising near norfolk island in favourable
weather, take the effort to visit the island. it is well worth the
trouble.

cheers
bruce

"Gordon Wedman" wrote in message news:2qC4d.76353$KU5.51456@edtnps89...
I happened across a June or July 2004 issue of Latitude 38 last week and it
contains quite a long letter from a fellow who sailed single-handed from SF
to Hawaii. He describes all strange sounds he heard during the voyage,
including having his name called more than once. He does not mention
anything about lack of sleep, in fact he infers he had no trouble in this
area. I think there may be some issues with sensory deprivation on these
sort of voyages, that is, you are removed from most of you common
experiences and your mind starts to fill in the void. Some underlying
stress may also be involved.

..be.. wrote:
...initially those playbacks were only in english but after
a while i was picking them up & understanding them in several
languages. other things that happened include sailing through sheds &
parkland and being visited by friendly spirits who i felt were time
travellers coming back to observe me.

I dunno, but this sounds like pretty classic sleep deprivation symptoms
to me. I'm no expert, but back when I was in the Rangers, we used to
push the limits of sleep deprivation and lots of us had similar things
happen. To this day, I have a clear recollection of an elf or
leprechaun like guy showing up and carrying my weapon for me most of one
night. Guys would carry on animated conversations with trees. All kinds
of wierd stuff.
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Dan Best - (707) 431-1662, Healdsburg, CA 95448
B-2/75 1977-1979
Tayana 37 #192, "Tricia Jean"
http://rangerbest.home.comcast.net/TriciaJean.JPG