Trainee’s Log, Sept 23rd, Day 7 Highlight of the day: Sitting on the jib, watching dolphins swim by below. Magnificent and graceful animals. Other than that still tired and fucked every single day. Part of me is seriously looking forward to Cadiz. Trainee’s Log, Sept 24th, Day 8 See above, minus the dolphins. Still haven’t […]
Trainee’s Log, Sept 22nd, Day 6
Yawn, for the past five days I’ve been tired, low-on-energy and cranky. The routine of the 0-4 watch goes completely against my normal rhythm. Most of my preferred sleeping time (23:00 to 7:00) I spend awake now. Getting more than six hours sleep in one go is virtually impossible. The first meal after waking up […]
Trainee’s Log, Sept 21st, Day 5
Every time I look down for more than a few seconds, I have a funny feeling in my head and stomach. My brain is still trying to cope with the constant up and down of the ship. Fortunately I haven’t brought forth any sacrifices to Neptune yet. Others are less fortunate. I was on pantry […]
Trainee’s Log, Sept 20th, Day 4
It’s a starlit sky. And I mean STARLIT! Milky way and everything. I haven’t seen a sky like that since the beaches in Far North Queensland. The weather is still mild and we start the night watch with a few minutes of star gazing. Everything is quiet and we adjust sails and brace yards. It’s […]
Trainee’s Log, Sept 19th, Day 3
We are scheduled to leave port at 7:30 and get an accordingly early wakeup call at 6:30. For the departure it’s all hands on deck and as 0-4 watch we are responsible for the rear part of the ship. Once all lines are lose, the pilot does a 180° turn on the narrow river and […]
Port Bilbao
Not much to say about the last 24h in Tangier. Took a taxi to the airport at noon and for most of the 25 minute ride, the cabbie gave me a briefing on Moroccan politics. He also proudly pointed out that his Mercedes (good German car!) was almost as old as me (built 1984) and […]