The Why Factor

Being at Sea


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Lesley Curwen has sailed thousands of miles around Europe on her yacht and knows the strange joy of being out of sight of land.

Talking to fellow sea-lovers - sailors, a marine biologist, an artist and a Captain of a merchant ship - she asks why we are drawn to go to sea and put ourselves at the mercy of wind and waves. Is it a yearning to be close to nature, a test of self-reliance or can science explain why our brains are attracted to the ocean?

Photo: The sea. Copyright Shutterstock

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