The quality of life these days is something most of us take for (1) _______It takes some radically different experience to bring this fact home to people. In my case, it was spending three weeks aboard a yacht with twelve other people, competing in a major sailing race. (2) _______I was officially a guest, it was made clear to me from the start that there was to be no room for passengers, and that I’d have to (3) _______my weight. For the first few nights, none of us was able to sleep for more ...

The quality of life these days is something most of us take for (1) _______It takes some radically different experience to bring this fact home to people. In my case, it was spending three weeks aboard a yacht with twelve other people, competing in a major sailing race. (2) _______I was officially a guest, it was made clear to me from the start that there was to be no room for passengers, and that I’d have to (3) _______my weight.

For the first few nights, none of us was able to sleep for more than a couple of hours at a time before being rudely awoken by an aggressive command. Then we’d do physically exhausting work in total darkness. Every few minutes we’d be completely soaked to the (4) _______by a large wave we couldn’t see coming. I shared sleeping quarters with six other women, with barely enough room to stretch my legs. Soon I found myself (5) _______for my comfortable sheets back home, a hot chocolate and a warm bath.