A lively sea day. Not lively people
but a lively action to the ship as the swells are high enough to keep
the pitching a constant threat to one's stability. (And for a few, a
threat to last night's dinner.) No deck walk this morning due to
motion and spray.
Late afternoon we began overtaking a
tanker. Off the port side, behind, I spotted an island but the chart
shows no land for at least 200 nm. Binoculars didn't help much but
the zoom lens of the camera captured the image and when zoomed more
on the computer turns out to be a ship disguised as an island.
1 pm report: 34º
44.13'N, 012º
11.87'W. Course 279º.
Speed 15k. Depth 4,280 meters. Wind NE 11k. Apparent wind off stbd
bow at 15 knots. Temp. 17c/63f. Distance since yesterdays report 244
nm. Total distance 7,790 nm. Sunrise here at 0738. Sunset 1737.About
640 nm to go to next port. Running more westerly due to the swells
from the North which are about 8'. This evening the swells should run
about 11'.
We
had dinner in the main dining room after listening to the strings.
This sea day is providing necessary rest after the flurry of ports.
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