Cerys - Log Tuesday

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Cerys - Life Aboard Cerys

st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }Position: 21:39.433N 020:18.197W Our international community is doing quite well aboard Cerys. We have representatives from France, North America, South America and Cashel. We are running three hour watches which means 3 on 9 off. If you are on at 0300 then back at 1500 etc. We have all gotten used to watches and sleep patterns and all getting along extremely well which would make boring big brother TV. During daytime watches we have plenty of company as everyone is awake but at night being totally on your own is a welcome contrast. Plenty of time to think, listen to music and watch the stars. There is little or no traffic to worry about. Last night was crystal clear and the stars shone brightly. The phosphorescence glowed blue green from under the. read more...

Cerys - Woof Woof

st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }Position 20:04.023N 22:52.653W 7 Kts now in NE F5 and 6Rolly motion as expected and walking through the saloon is like a scene out of Indiana Jones. Timing the pendulum motion of the various nets of fruit and veg that hang from the ceiling is a fine art. Two dives and a roll usually do it. We sat down like dogs to dinner last night. The plates were difficult to handle but luckily we had purchased 4 brightly coloured dog bowls with a section for water and dog nuts in each. The rice fits neatly in one side and the pork stew in the other. After dinner and a pat on the belly I rolled over and went to sleep. Ursula takes over at 2100 and studies the stars. She has become our boat expert on the constellations whicfh she has been studying since we left. read more...

Cerys - Small World

st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }Position 19:03.170N 24:19.255W  Sitting out here under the stars tonight I cant help but think what a small world this is. Not in the clichéd social community way but physically, geographically. As I look north towards Ursa Major I think of the distance Ursula and I have travelled already, now off the coast of Africa and barely 2000 miles from the West Indies.  Understandably for our generation, the world seems smaller than it did for previous ones with the increased affordability and availability of air travel, but when you have done the travelling yourself, seen or felt every nautical mile, met the people, and navigated the obstacles, things look quite different. Familiarity reduces scale. When you look out the window at the same mountain every. read more...

Cerys - Sunday Mass

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