Illustration © Sea-Water Amplification Azores 2025

We present you with six points that we try to be aware of when we are on the ocean. These points help to navigate the ever-changing and dynamic environment of the ocean.

• 1. Reading the signs: It involves the direct perception of reality. Recognizing what is really happening. This point discusses the importance of engagement, openness and awareness of the world around us.
• Different areas have their own system of signs. Part of that is making the right decisions. Everything revolves around the responsibility for the welfare of the crew and the ship. What we think about creates how we perceive the world and interpret the data we receive. It’s a process of connecting and seeing relationships in relation to the whole system. Not just fragments of data.
• Perception is gained by opening yourself up to the natural world with your whole body.
• During the voyage, you have time to absorb the information around you and process it. It means that variations we see in the ocean environment become part of that knowledge, too.
• Don’t think, just look.

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