Hello All
Is it already a week since we have left, sjoe it has gone by so quickly!!
We are now sailing almost due south with our heading at 195°T as we round the Portugese west coast. Our next hurdle would be the crossing traffic in and out of Gibraltar, but after the Dover Straits and the English channel it will probably seem less exciting. We made good progress yesterday and averaged 14.5 knots with the currents and following winds pushing us along. Perhaps the vessel knows her destination and is like a horse back to the stables....:-)
It is amasing how much paper work is required to seaworthy a vessel of this nature. It is still a mountain we are climbing at the moment to have it all organised and settled. We are lucky to have this couple of weeks during the delivery voyage to do exactly that. The cadets are also shown the basics of housekeeping by the Chief Officer, Bosun and the Chief Steward. They are all keen youngsters, which makes training them so much easier. The past view nights provided clear skies for them to practise their azimuths and the rising and setting sun has been good for an amplitude. Some had to shake off the rust to get these calculations right.
It feels like a normal passage now that there is more than 3km of water below us.
Even though it is Friday the 13th, we have had a good day so far and are glad to face in the right direction.
I am attaching two photographs. One is of the Great Belts bridge we passed under with a clearance of 65 meters, bridge to waterline. The other is of the pilot boat that came alongside shortly after passing underneath the bridge.
Have a good start to the weekend.
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