Hello All
Sjoe, what a day!
The vessel departed rom Rauma as scheduled at midday Friday the 6th of April 2012. The morning yesterday started a bit grim with a northerly snow squall blowing over the vessel while she laid alongside the quay in Ruama for the last couple of hours. We had to tighten the moorings a bit to keep her alongside. Luckily the weather cleared towards sailing time and we could depart with good visibility ahead.
I felt quite sorry for the the pilot to disembark the vessel onto his small pilot boat which was really bobbing up and down in the bit of seaway that the northerly winds pushed up during the night. I hope he made it back to the port OK.
Our first 24 hours onboard the vessel was as expected extremely busy and we took to the early hours of the morning to get the vessel properly secured and all the spares, stores and equipment packed away. This task will continue during the course of the voyage.
We are taking it slow at first to let everything run in and settle, but needless to say that at the current speed of 10 knots with mostly follwing seas the engines are just ticking over.
I must admit that it is nice to back at sea for a change as we were land lubbers during the building process. We are expected to pick up the great belts pilot on the morning of the 9th. Tonight we will retard our clocks to come into line with South African time and will then remain on that time for the remainder of the voyage.
From a happy sailor and his crew I wish you all a Happy Easter.
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