Navigating between lights and reflections
Joy, sailors! We are on February 10, 2024. We are sailing through the South Pacific, which could rather be the South China Sea, because we are still surrounded by reflections of the Chinese ships (I think there are also Spaniards) that are fishing on the 200-mile line. We are sailing 160 miles from the Cabo Blanco lighthouse and I see reflections (like cities) on our starboard and port bow. Will the 200 miles be measured from the contour of the coast by measuring capes and gulfs? If so, these Chinese assumptions are very accurate…
Carnivals on the high seas
How are you doing with carnivals in the earthly world? I imagine you are sinning relentlessly… Around here, we don’t want to sin or fish (I don’t know what the supposed Chinese are doing), but we’ve been with our rod on since yesterday and we haven’t caught anything… This gives you food for thought, either they’re doing something else or we’re very, very bad fishermen…
Days of Crossing and Reflections
The day around here was beautiful from dawn to dusk. Today I caught both… The temperature is rising (I’m really looking forward to shorts!). We have been motorsailing all day and it seems that tomorrow as well. I have decided not to seek shelter and to go northeast by motor looking for the line of little wind until tomorrow the 11th at dawn, when we will sail again as it should be… Today it was the crew’s shower and the atmosphere improved (I don’t know why). Motor and low-wind days are also pleasant. Walter dedicated himself to DIY and placed the 3 buttons for the electric toilets that Nacho sent me 6 months ago. Ernesto dedicated himself to haute cuisine as is normal for him. Gonzalo made some very decent pizzas. Eduardo came back to life, Vilma helped in all matters and I went around the world for 28 thousand miles marking the defeat of Juan Sebastián Elcano. It seems that I have finally started to build this great adventure. Looks like it’s going to take a little longer than we first thought, if you don’t mind. The math is kind of easy: 28 thousand miles, at 100 a day on average (it’s not a race), and you have to think that this lap is the opposite of all the sailing around the world races, and there is a reason why… They come out 280 days. I’ve calculated to do some (I’ll see) without like 12 stages with a week of stopping in each one, plus about 3 months in spices (Indonesia and thereabouts). That comes out to about 450 days. In other words, a year and a half of giving it a go.
Now, all that time has to be placed on the globe (which is round), I promise you… And adapt it so that we don’t go through times of hurricanes/typhoons and more elements of bad living in the different oceans…
Preparations for the great journey
From there the departure date will come out. In a few days I’ll tell you… This has kept me very entertained today. I even forgot for a while the bug that’s eating me inside… Never mind the bug and me in the end we’re going to have to get along. I’ll tell you that it’s hard to get along with me… So we’ll get by in the end.
Coordinates and expectations
Well, all this here in the South Atlantic. Here’s the position in case you want to know where we’re sailing or where the supposed Chinese are:
S 48.07.573
W 61.47.91
Heading 40
Speed 7 kts
Spectacular night, calm sea and a guy dreaming of going around the world. And how and what we need to do it… Joy, sailors! How I like to sail, dream and share… Hope to see you here soon!
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