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a little thing in memory of a great ship.
The tall ship community isn't that big. You either know someone who was on a ship you hear about in the news or you were on a ship in the news. In this case the ship that just sank (Concordia) has been a major infleuence on tall ships and sail training in Canada and it's like a person I knew just died. I am in shock. I don't want to believe it.
It was a highschool at sea. It gave lots of kids things to work for hope for and train for. It required a great deal of work and determination to qualify for a year at sea and several of the kids I trained when I worked on a different tallship worked hard to get there and I helped a few of them study to qualify for the ship. If I ever had a friend I thought of as a sister it is this girl I know named Sara. She taught for two years on that ship. I heard the news and I just wanted to be with her to talk with her.
It sounds silly to be so worked up over a boat, but when you live on a ship you get to know people in a way you wouldn't otherwise. There is no escaping them there is no privacy and you have to be willing to share everything and lose inhibitions. As a result you develop bond with the people you are with that makes them closer than family in some ways. The ship is what brings you together. So to lose a ship that you have lived on is like losing a family member. It's heartbreaking. Right now I really am feeling for the friends who lost her.