Day’s Run – 4 January, 2016
The watch and all new hands took turns to go out rowing in MONOMOY today.
The watch and all new hands took turns to go out rowing in MONOMOY today.
Sending up topsails today in San Sebastian!
A busy day of interesting work aboard the ship, while most of the off watch had a more relaxing Sunday ashore, wandering the small shops and sorting through junk in a giant flea market to find treasures. That and lots of cups of mint tea on tiled and painted terraces all over town. SHIP’S WORK: …
Another day at anchor off Essaouira. Carpenter Tim made friends with a local ship builder here so we got a tour of the ship yard to see some wooden fishing boats and ships at varying stages of construction, and the simple tools used for their construction: a 70 year old band saw and planer (originally …
Noon Position: Docked in Lunenburg, NS, Canada Weather: Clear sky, H 11c L -1c, barometer 1024 During the muster following this afternoons prepare to abandon ship drill, the Captain stressed the importance of donning the immersion suits quickly, and helping shipmates to do the same. Once this is done any other assigned tasks can be …
Noon Position: Docked in Lunenburg, NS, Canada Weather: Overcast, H 13c L 6c, barometer 1019 The ‘to do’ list was long and plentiful today and we accomplished everything that was noted down. It does a body good to see so many check marks on one piece of paper. From crossing the t’gallant yard on the …
Noon Position: Docked in Lunenburg, NS, Canada Weather: Overcast, foggy, rain, H 18c L 14c, barometer 1008 Finally our Engineer was able to work outside today! So much of his job takes place below decks that this afternoon, despite the foggy rain, he was grinning from ear to ear to be able to spend some …
Noon Position: Docked in Lunenburg, NS, Canada Weather: Overcast, cool, H 14c L 11c, barometer 1010 It is so exciting watching the ship coming back together. From all of the sails, yards and masts that were taken down in August, it is amazing to see the reverse process. The crew is gaining so much first …
Noon Position: Docked in Lunenburg, NS, Canada Weather: Cool, clear skies, H 20c L 12c, barometer 1015 On land something as common place as having hot water is almost taken for granted. On the ship it is a virtual cause for celebration. A few days ago the Engineer had our brand new water heater come …
Noon Position: Docked in Lunenburg, NS, Canada Weather: Sunny, warm, cool breeze, H 27c L 10c, barometer 1009 What a gorgeous day today was. The sun was shining and air warm as we went about our daily tasks. The 8-12 lucked out having today off, but then so did we as a work day hardly …