See their passion for sea

Mariners cannot be held back. They would jump at every oppurtunity of going to seas, even if they narrowly escaped dangers last time.
The spirit of voyage made many people brave monstrous seas. It seems the spirit gets channelled down even to modern times. A senior UK couple, Paul and Rachel, make a good example.
While writing this, the retired pair from Tunbridge Wells in Kent may be circumnavigating the world. A few weeks ago they sailed out of a port in Devon, waving to a small crowd of admirers. This time round thwy hope to finish their aborted global voyage.
In 2009, in the midst of their globe trot, Somali pirates kidbapped them on their way from Seychelles to Tanzania. The armed pirates held them hostage fot over a year, subjecting them to brutal treatment.
The elderly couples spent exactly 388 days in captivity. Eventually, their friends and relatives stepped into rescue them and were released in 2010 after a ransom of £625,000 was paid.
But difficulties continued as their 38ft yatch, Layn Rival developed technical snag. They spent two years restoring it, and ended up drifting in Indian Ocean. Later UK's Royal Navy ship towed them back to shore. The incident didn't stop them from hitting the seas again.
This time round their route may not include pirate-infested ways like Seychelles or the coast of Somalia. "We were in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the chances of it happening again are incredibly small," both the couple said.
They appear to be the real life counterparts of poet Coleridge's poetric character Ancient Mariner; because, both of them exude the old seafarer's undying passion for the seas and adventure.