We laughed, we cried, it was better than "CATS".
How do you describe 37 days sailing over 4300 miles?
"You can't"
This voyage was an experience that the skipper and the crew shared, and we
only hope others may partly understand!
But, I will try!
Oppressive heat while bobbing in the sea waiting for wind to come. Seeing
4knots for the first time, then 5, 6, 7 and 8. Swimming "nude" in 3 miles
depth of the clearest, cleanest ocean water ever visited. The Australian
Coast Guard checks" by air and by sea" with the "James Bond style check in
Ashmore Reef".
Endless hours of good music with endless amounts of cookies and great
treats.
Stalking and killing fruit fly's, landing a "Wahoo", Dorado", a deck
full of squid, flying fish, (even slapping some crew in the head)!
Food night and the local dance in Cocos Keeling and 75 refugees arriving
in a small fish boat from Indonesia.
15 days at sea traveling 150 nm daily, magnificent landfall found as
expected through 2 weeks of celestial navigation.
"Boom dipping" during 35 degree rolls, bun burning, debates on world
terrorism, bow riding, deck standing.
The whole ocean and sky being a day glow green early one night, the
Southern cross, Deep Forest music and a whole lot more "Indian Ocean"!
Sound Great???? It was!!
But only we know how really great it was, don't we?
Paul to you and the Ar Seiz Avel...Thank you..
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Fairwinds Following Sea's
Johnny "noonsite" Mac Donald
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