I was always put off by the opacity of the North Sea. In the Mediterranean → you can see the little things floating around.
Recently I went on two sailing voyages on the North Sea from Ostende. It was with my partner’s parents who have a small yacht and they took us out for a few hours to drift on the sea in the sweltering summer heat. This was only the second time I’d ever been on such a boat and it was really a fantastic experience. Like being in a Paul Klee painting, the shape and the motion of the sails and all the other elements that go into being pushed along by the wind seem so simple yet are also so fascinatingly rich and poetic.
P.v.C. I want to say from the start, that I have never been on the ocean. I have only been on the North Sea, the East Sea and the West Coast of Scotland. Even though it is said that when you can sail on the North Sea, you can sail everywhere.