My day ended with another session of seasickness which did I had to pass out at 11 pm. Only one hour till New Years would hit and I celebrated in my sleep.
Oh well..
For some reasons New Year parties are always overrated, to me anyhow. Last year I spend the 00.00 am celebration hiding at the toilet of the bar I worked. Trying not to be caught for illegal working in Tel Aviv - not my proudest moment. The year before was in Phnom Penh, Cambodia; a night with pool, drinks and pizza. A quiet one - which is not near what PP is all about.
When thinking back 3 years I was in a penthouse apartment in Surfers Paradise with all my Aussie girls and was priviligded enough to share this night one of my oldest friends from Denmark and a person I always have loads of fun with. So this New Years was actually bullseye.
Anyway.
When I woke up this morning I had thee most amazing and breathtaking view, which made up for the lack of celebrations on New Years Eve.
Dolphins!
And many of them. Jumping, playing and swimming right at the bow (front) of the boat for half an hour. What else do you wish for at the start of a new year?
WOW.
I was completely estatic, smiled till my draws cramped. They were beautiful brown on the top and greyish colour at the bottom. We were at that point close to sail out of the English Channel. Despite the seasickness I had thee most amazing new years! And one I will never compare to any other.
My shifts on the boat are a bit spread out at the moment due to never knowning when my seasickness will show its ugly face.
We do shifts during the day and night for watch. The boat is completely fitted with all the new modern technology and therefore we have autopilot and sail from the radar and navigation system. This one gives us a full view and summary of all boats coming towards us or crossing us. Pretty damn cool. I have learned so much so far and feel completely privilidged being crew on this boat. The amount of patience these people have (Captain and 1st Mate) in teaching us all the skills and robes of sailing, is absolutely amazing.
We put the sails up for the first time today as well. There are 5 sails in total. The Genoa, which is the one closest to the bow, then we have the Jip, the square sail, then the main sail and the Mesim as the back sail. Beautiful white sails and they do an amazing job for the eye when sailing. Imagine the boat weighting about 250 tons capacity. Yep people, frigin 250 tons capacity.37 meters long and 4 meters wide. This is one heavy bitch!
Due to lack of wind we are back on motering. During appr. 8 knot pr. hour which needs to be multiplied by 1.8 and you have k's. Not bad for such a huge and old lady.
My shift for today starts at 8pm tonight till midnight. Then Gypz and I can have a great 6 hours sleep till we start our morning shift for another 4 hours. The mornings are the best. You get to experience the sunrise and the smell of a new day. Something real special when you are on open sea.
3 days have passed, about 11 or so more to go.
Thank You
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