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Pacific Odyssey - Leg 5
Papua New Guinea to Osaka - for more information see http://www.salts.ca/010_SALTS_odyssey.htm
tracking Pacific Grace: 66 recorded positions
tracking Pacific Grace: 66 recorded positions
| Last Position: 26°13'59.88 N 127°4'1.20 E on February 2nd 2008 @ 22:00 |
Ship's Log:
thanks to a calmer sea, everyone had a good sleep last night. skipper =
finally caught up after 2 busy nights with only a total of 5hrs sleep. ton=
ight again, sleep should come easy: we are at anchor waiting for slack tide=
into the inland sea. today was a cloudy day with lightning, thunder and r=
ain in the evening just as the anchor was being lowered. we had one sittin=
g for supper, all of us squeezed together and cozy in the hold. today rave=
n and ilya braved the cold and took a bucket shower: i came up on deck in m=
y down coat and woolen scarf, shocked to see raven standing in his shorts o=
nly, wet and soaping down . . . either very brave, or very dirty. karen ta=
ught a splicing lesson this afternoon to anyone who was interested. robyn =
and ilya baked brownies. noah helped by adding the chocolate chips and sim=
on helped by licking out the bowl. we enjoyed the brownies after sunday se=
rvice this evening. amanda is a consistent and enormous help in the galley=
: today she made the scones to go with the soup at lunch. tiana continues =
to knit leg warmers with the beautiful new wool her mom sent her in shangha=
i. bo is slowly making progress on a hat for skipper: a hat pattern graham=
brought along from home. the anderson boys made kites in the after cabin,=
carving and shaping the doweling from yellow cedar strips and laying very =
thin paper over the finished wood skeleton. in the hold trainees and crew =
played cards and crib, read books, wrote, listened to music, or slept. on =
deck there is usually a small group of well-clad supporters of the helmsper=
son and watch officer on watch, and pleasant chit chat and laughter wafts d=
own into the after cabin. jacob was able to get the after cabin stove to w=
ork this evening: we are happy . . . and warm. hot tea is the favored beve=
rage these days. so many of us participated in tea ceremonies in shanghai =
and beijing and came away with at least one new type of tea. tonight at mi=
dnight we change our clocks: we move forward an hour: from here on our days=
will become shorter as the time lapse between the ship and canada decrease=
s. after sunday service this evening we held a wonderful mug-up: trainees =
called out many īcamp favorites,ī and everyone sang while jose and gillian =
played guitar, and antony played mandolin. the rain sounds nice on the dec=
k when one is down below: we are happy with our īhome.ī until tomorrow, go=
od-night, bonice.
finally caught up after 2 busy nights with only a total of 5hrs sleep. ton=
ight again, sleep should come easy: we are at anchor waiting for slack tide=
into the inland sea. today was a cloudy day with lightning, thunder and r=
ain in the evening just as the anchor was being lowered. we had one sittin=
g for supper, all of us squeezed together and cozy in the hold. today rave=
n and ilya braved the cold and took a bucket shower: i came up on deck in m=
y down coat and woolen scarf, shocked to see raven standing in his shorts o=
nly, wet and soaping down . . . either very brave, or very dirty. karen ta=
ught a splicing lesson this afternoon to anyone who was interested. robyn =
and ilya baked brownies. noah helped by adding the chocolate chips and sim=
on helped by licking out the bowl. we enjoyed the brownies after sunday se=
rvice this evening. amanda is a consistent and enormous help in the galley=
: today she made the scones to go with the soup at lunch. tiana continues =
to knit leg warmers with the beautiful new wool her mom sent her in shangha=
i. bo is slowly making progress on a hat for skipper: a hat pattern graham=
brought along from home. the anderson boys made kites in the after cabin,=
carving and shaping the doweling from yellow cedar strips and laying very =
thin paper over the finished wood skeleton. in the hold trainees and crew =
played cards and crib, read books, wrote, listened to music, or slept. on =
deck there is usually a small group of well-clad supporters of the helmsper=
son and watch officer on watch, and pleasant chit chat and laughter wafts d=
own into the after cabin. jacob was able to get the after cabin stove to w=
ork this evening: we are happy . . . and warm. hot tea is the favored beve=
rage these days. so many of us participated in tea ceremonies in shanghai =
and beijing and came away with at least one new type of tea. tonight at mi=
dnight we change our clocks: we move forward an hour: from here on our days=
will become shorter as the time lapse between the ship and canada decrease=
s. after sunday service this evening we held a wonderful mug-up: trainees =
called out many īcamp favorites,ī and everyone sang while jose and gillian =
played guitar, and antony played mandolin. the rain sounds nice on the dec=
k when one is down below: we are happy with our īhome.ī until tomorrow, go=
od-night, bonice.
Observations:
cloudy skies, rain, thunder and lightning toward evening
Readings:
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| processed: 2008-03-02 08:12:02 |
