Monday May 18,09
I was on lookout this morning as the Sun rose into an almost clear blue sky.
There is now a big swell coming from the West that is combining with the swell from the NE to make for a
very lumpy sea. The ship is much steadier but all of a sudden she will take about 3 big rolls as the waves
combine just right. Being on Lookout and looking back aft as she does that is pretty awe inspiring… So is
going aloft to loose the lower topsail which we had to do just at the break of the watch. The yards are
braced sharp on a port tack but even so the motion is quite something up above the deck. The worst part is
coming back down as leaning out to pass the futock shrouds when the ship rolls towards you means you
are literally horizontal above the sea! Cool and scary at the same time
There is nothing, other than the westerly swell to indicate anything is going to change but we’ll see.
More later…
Spent the day putting th finishing touches on my sea bag, I put an ey splice on on end of the lanyard and a
Mathew Walker stopper knot on the other.
I also read Fahrenheit 451 from cover to cover.
Our afternoon watch had a wire splicing workshop give by the Captain. This only confirmed for me that
wire splicing is not a skill I ever want to master :-)
During the course of our watch the water temperature dropped from 24C to 17C! Along with this
temperature drop the seas changed from blue to a chilly looking gray green. According to the Captain we
are in a “cold eddy” alongside the Gulf Stream. He expects the front to cross our position sometime
tonight or early tomorrow.
I have galley duty tomorrow so get to sleep in tonight which will be lovely!
Thanks for reading.
KJ
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