44:07.336N 18:51.652W
SV Eleonora
Michael A. Andronov
Sun 8 Jul 2018 09:55
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UTC & local time -- 0956...
3201.3 nm behind... from Antigua. Ok, I
remember from where, that is a start...
659.3 nm to.... Hmm., that is harder... 659
nm to where, actually ? No, I do not know... I'll wait
for the coffee -- which is brewing -- for this one... But computer should
know, it is smart... But why it is showing me now that tomorrow is
the Nunavut Day? Where are we ? Is it kind of a joke or or kind of a
message ? Anyway, tomorrow is another holiday, and we are going to
celebrate.
Light grey water suspense all around the boat on
top... Dark grey, completely still water below... No, it is
not even the fog... It is a water buble...
Yesterday, I thought we were becalmed... I
thougt that the calmest ocean I seen -- was December 10, 2016... on the way from
Norfolk to BVI... I was wrong. Now -- we are... We are
beating the records -- the most wet deck, the most wet sails, the
most flat Ocean, the most still water...
The weather and conditions brought me back in my
childhood... Summer... country house... rain, rain, rain... We are sitting with
my syster and plaing ship battle...
'-- you ship is at A3...
-- Missed, your ship is at E4...
-- Wounded...
....
'
Today we grew up... I'm sitting in the middle
of the nowhere, with no even horizon line around... And plaing
similar game, but with the mother nature ...
" -- the wind is at 43:05N 19:00 W...
-- missed...
-- the wind is at 44:06N
19:05W...
-- missed...
"
In my chilrdhood, the round of the game took
usually 15-20 minutes... If that time also scalled to the degree as
everything else...
Well, then I can be there for a while...
Unless, I win... At then -- the sails will fly higl again, the water flow
under the boat will start to tell its story...
It is perfect time to grab some coffee, make a dry
spot in the cockpit, and to ask yourself the question -- ' Who are you?
What would you like to do? ' No, the answers like ' ... Policemen,
doctor, computer engineer, lawer... ' -- not going to fly...
Naturally... Because you look around -- and you would feel how obvious
it is that in NORMAL LIFE you do not need policmen, doctor (God
forbid...), computer engineer, and the lawer... You
tried a bit harder... and decided to switch to the second question... '
Shopping, walking, gym, cycling, snow
removal, car tires change... ' No, not
working either... Suddenly, the
final scene from ' Analyse this' with Bill Crystal and Robert Deniro
appeared in my mind...
" ... ( the Doc -- Bill
Crystal -- making his speech during the gang meeting... )
-- Who am I ? Or What am I ? If you are asking -- 'What am I ?' -- it is an interesting question! ... ... ( don Vitto -- Robert
Deniro -- appears in the room... )
-- Thank you, Doc... I'll take it from here!...
"
The coffee is getting cold... The fog around
is changing its colour a bit... ( probably the Sun... )... It is so
alarming and so peaceful at the same time... It may be nice, if
my ' don Vitto' would suddenly appears from that fog, and say '
Thanks, Cap! I'll take it from here...' , my
endless answering stops, and a new day would begin!
Till next time,
M.
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