Followed by moments of sheer terror. Such is towing as described to me sometime in the past year or three - I can't place when or where I heard it or who said it, but I know I've heard it more than once and it's a pretty accurate assessment. When I was letting out wire … Continue reading Long stretches of boredom…
Month: April 2013
Progress
We are in San Juan. Impossible to believe that I flew into this city four weeks ago to relieve the second mate on the Adventurer - it passed like nothing. That first week back saw me in a dark mood and an attitude of bitter reticence. I'd worked for five weeks and gotten fully six … Continue reading Progress
At least there is cell phone service
We have arrived at the Delaware river and we are on our way up to Philadelphia. I'm trying to sleep, but I doubt sleep will happen before I get back up at midnight. Before we arrived at the sea buoy at noon today, our auxiliary generator caught fire. We put the second one on line … Continue reading At least there is cell phone service