44:27.616N 009:02.156W
SV Eleonora
Michael A. Andronov
Fri 27 Jul 2018 09:14
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UTC 0912
Morning again... ;-)
( Yesterday night I've read Bowdich ( marine bible
), the chapter about the time and time keeping... Big mistake... ;-)
Number one, they explain the timing of
rotation of Sun, Earth, Moon... to all those fractions of seconds,
explaining the approximations human are doing in regular life, and
consequences....
My mistake number one -- never
read it before ging to bed, since you are going to have a headache guranteed...
Number two, never read it
when you do not have enough wine, or, like me now -- can
not consume wine4
But regardless, before reading that chapter
-- about time -- think carefully. Usually, the Time is
something what we consider as given solid and simple... We may not like it
sometimes... But it is part of foundation for our Universe model...
At least it was for me, until yesterday
evening... Not any more... )
We are currently targetting the virtual point at
42:52N 009:27W. This point is a bit West from Cabo
Finisterre... We are still about 100 nm from it, as I'm printing...
But one thing for sure -- computer suggests that we are closer to Spain
then to Falmouth or even France... Now all we need -- to get
there...
The night was none-eventful... nearly.
I've been woken up at 0130 by the strange
'waker' -- something wrong... And indeed -- silence and a small beeper
confirmed that the engine -- which suppose to make some charge and keep up
moving guranteed within the TSS --- is not runnig...
A quick check, bleeding air... motor
running... But I still do not understand why the air got there at
first place... Probably -- as usual -- my faulty routine to change / to switch
tanks... Will look into that...
( I recalled the first air bleeding I did on that
engine, with Catherine and Daniel, on the trip from Norfolk, in December
2016... Make me laugh first -- I learned something since! ;-), and
then, when the engine started -- brought a lot of warm feelings...
Good old days!!! )
And -- of course -- the weather... Ok,
I understand -- my instruments may be not working or not calibrated,
my computer may display the .grib files in wrong way... I may be 'reading'
all that information in wrong way...
My question is -- Why am I beating as every source
says -- I should be in light winds but on the reach ?
Is it frustrating ? You
bet! The only possitive thing ore can do out of it -- if you would
like to confirm to Zen or convert to Buddism --- that is the perfect
training exercise on patience, state of mind, etc... Just before you
start your transformation.
That is all for the morning.
Talk to you soon,
M.
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