homeward bound
We're making what feels like a very slow 15 knots towards home right now.
I haven't looked at the chart today, so the best I can give you is a lat
and long for a present position 57* 1.137' N by 007* 31.662'E. I'd
imagine we're at the top of the North Sea, working our way down towards
the English Channel where we'll turn west once we're clear of Land's End
and the Scilly Isles. From there we'll steer a great cirlce course to the
Grand Banks and then rhumbline the rest of the way in towards the south
shore of Long Island before making Ambrose light on the very early morning
of the 13th.
The great circle course only goes as far as it does because of the ice
conditions around the labrador coast and the area of the grand banks this
year. The ice is further south this year than it has been in some time,
so rather than pull a Titanic, we're going to add a few extra miles to the
trip. Our hull is not reinforced for ice.
In an hour I have my third of four Qualifiers or "Q's". This one is on
firefighting and the equipment we have on board for dealing with it. I
don't imagine it will take too long, maybe an hour at the most.
We have some four thousand miles to go, that's quite a lot of ocean.
We're all counting down the days until we're back at Ft. Schuyler.
Gotta clean for room inspection now
I haven't looked at the chart today, so the best I can give you is a lat
and long for a present position 57* 1.137' N by 007* 31.662'E. I'd
imagine we're at the top of the North Sea, working our way down towards
the English Channel where we'll turn west once we're clear of Land's End
and the Scilly Isles. From there we'll steer a great cirlce course to the
Grand Banks and then rhumbline the rest of the way in towards the south
shore of Long Island before making Ambrose light on the very early morning
of the 13th.
The great circle course only goes as far as it does because of the ice
conditions around the labrador coast and the area of the grand banks this
year. The ice is further south this year than it has been in some time,
so rather than pull a Titanic, we're going to add a few extra miles to the
trip. Our hull is not reinforced for ice.
In an hour I have my third of four Qualifiers or "Q's". This one is on
firefighting and the equipment we have on board for dealing with it. I
don't imagine it will take too long, maybe an hour at the most.
We have some four thousand miles to go, that's quite a lot of ocean.
We're all counting down the days until we're back at Ft. Schuyler.
Gotta clean for room inspection now