Here I am again in the Yacht Club cafe cooling my heels, surfing the net and drinking coffee.
The weather, specifically the swell and winds, were not good for our passage to Brazil so we have stayed
at anchor. The “current” plan is to leave tomorrow morning but who knows.
Yesterday an American submarine came into port and tied up alongside the wharf across from us. This
morning a bunch of us went over when we got a shore and brazenly asked if we could get a tour and lo
and behold they were happy to give us one! It was really interesting and there was surprisingly enough
head room in most of the crew compartments for me. The crew was really friendly and open and we even
got to have lunch in their mess, mmmm chicken nuggets and fries :-)
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| Suzy, Bruce, and I aboard the American Nuclear Sub USS Pittsburgh |
I’ve added some pictures of the sub to the Sao Vincente album linked in the previous post.
More later…
Thanks for reading.
KJ
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2015 Postscript
After I got back from the trip, Jayne and I watched the sci fi show SG1.
The movie they made after the series ended featured our heroes being picked up off the arctic ice by a US Navy Nuclear Sub. It was a sister ship to the one we boarded at Mindelo!
Same fake wood paneling and everything :-)
They also used the real crew as extras, I could tell because of the way they spoke.
Very cool.
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