48:04.037N 006:31.885W
SV Eleonora
Michael A. Andronov
Tue 24 Jul 2018 02:51
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UTC 0242
A short message just to put on a map our
progress...
I do not know how to call it --- the progress
of what ? Sailing? Crawling?
It is the middle of the night.
The high sky is in patches of clouds.
Here and there those patches are illuminated by the lights of the ships on
the ocean... Whe are on a side of probably one of the bussiest shipping line...
The ocean is flat, with some looong swell....
Otherwise, there is no any trace of wind... Only reflection of the stars and
clouds...
But at the same time -- we are catching some wind,
and we are moving, gliding at a speed of 3.5 -- 4.2 kts...
Remarkable feeling and view!
Occassionally, it is interrupted by some ships
which decided to cross the line at 90 degrees... Which forcing to be alert all
the time and make my sleeping pattern back to 20 minutes at a time...
But the remarkable feeling of gliding over silent
and 'sleeping' Ocean -- compensates unconvinience of none-sleeping!
;-)
M.
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