SAILING VESSEL CYGNUS

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"WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN"

"IMAGINE"

AHOY MATES,THIS IS THE SAILING VESSEL CYGNUS' WEB SITE AND WILL CARRY THE REAL LIFE ADVENTURES OF OUR SHAKEDOWN CRUISE IN THE SAN JUAN ISLANDS AND NORTH TO ALASKA THROUGH THE INSIDE PASSAGE.ANCHORS AWAY

WELCOME ABOARD. CYGNUS IS A 25 FOOT CORONADO SLOOP, SHE WAS DESIGNED BY BILL TRIPP AND BUILT BY CORONADO YACHTS IN 1970 WE PURCHASED HER IN OCT 1999 AND ARE RESTORING AND REFITING HER FOR THE NEXT QUARTER CENTURY OF SAILING ADVENTURES...

CYGNUS,THE SWAN OF GREEK MYTHOLOGY IS ONE OF THE MORE OBVIOUS ASTERISMS IN THE SUMMER SKY,WHICH,BECAUSE OF IT'S SHAPE IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE NORTHERN CROSS.THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE STAR DENEB WHICH MARKS THE SWAN'S TAIL HAS GUIDED MARINERS FOR CENTURIES.

CYGNUS:BRINGER OF BALANCE
I HAVE MEMORY AND AWARENESS,
BUT I HAVE NO SHAPE OR FORM.
AS A DISEMBODIED SPIRIT,
I AM DEAD AND YET UNBORN.
I HAVE PASSED INTO OLYMPUS
AS WAS TOLD IN TALES OF OLD,
TO THE CITY OF IMMORTALS
MARBLE WHITE AND PUREST GOLD.

I SEE THE GODS IN BATTLE RAGE ON HIGH,
THUNDERBOLTS ACROSS THE SKY.
I CANNOT MOVE,I CANNOT HIDE,
I FEEL A SILENT SCREAM BEGIN INSIDE.

THEN ALL AT ONCE THE CHAOS CEASED.
A STILLNESS FELL OF SOUND AND PEACE.
THE WARRIORS FELT MY SILENT CRY
AND STAYED THEIR STRUGGLE,MYSTIFIED.

APOLLO WAS ASTONISHED,
DIONYSUS THOUGHT ME MAD.
BUT THEY HEARD MY STORY FURTHER,
AND THEY WONDERED,AND WERE SAD.

LOOKING DOWN FROM OLYMPUS
ON A WORLD OF DOUBT AND FEAR,
IT'S SURFACE SPLINTERED
INTO SORRY HEMISPHERES.

THEY SAT A WHILE IN SILENCE,
THEN THEY TURNED AT LAST TO ME.
"WE WILL CALL YOU CYGNUS"
"THE GOD OF BALANCE YOU SHALL BE".

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