09’47.3N 027’42.7W course 308′ speed 5,7kn
On the 4th of May, we remembered and thought of those who had fallen in combat in the 2nd world war and all other wars afterwards and on the 5th we celebrate our freedom. This is the date the Netherlands was officially freed from occupation in 1945. These two days still mean a lot, on the 4th we held two minutes silence and our British crew stood with us. But today on the 5th we celebrated freedom in the middle of the ocean, with a cold beer or glass of wine on our aft deck, while the Tecla was humming along nicely!
Its a strange sort of freedom. We have all this ocean, a view not disturbed by anything, endless ocean. But our world is confined to this little ship that is carrying us. And she does it very well. The wind has been backing, turning against us, and so our speed went down as we sheeted in and are on a full on close hauled course. The wind has also decreased, so at 08:00 watch handover, in about 3 hours, we will set the topsails again, to keep our speed up in the steep waves that are still there. In the next week or so, this seems to be our course, so lets make the most of it!
Sundays means no extra tasks, just the regular ones, vegetable checks, cleaning and deck work. So in the afternoon most of us were just hanging out on the aft, in the shade and the nice breeze. We made a crosswords puzzle together and just chatted away as if we were hanging out in the park. Before Sunday roast dinner, we had our sunday drink and voted for picture of the day. Alice won with a very yachty looking Joel hanging out on the mizzen boom. A true depiction of a lazy Sunday.
Manic mondays are for safety training etc. So this afternoon will be busy enough!
all is well on board, Jet
I wonder if you meet Fish and other traffic in this part of the ocean?
It is always very interesting to read the logbook, specially when the info Goes further than water, sinds and sails. I think It is a challenge to keep the right spirit on board
So far It seems very well
Lots of luck in the 2nd half
Hi Fokke, we have seen some jumping bonito’s (smaller tuna) and many flying fish, although they have learned to stay off the ship by now. On calm days it seems like our safety nets are more there to keep the fish out, then as safety measures..!
We have seen one whale, but this route has hardly any vessels crossing our path. Last night was our first ship on 9 miles distance that we have seen since St Helena.
This route is less traveled as the route we take South. On our way to the Falkland Islands we see more whales and more traffic. Jet