Random thoughts from the sea
Day 17, 2024 Grand World Voyage Friday, Jan. 19, 2024; At Sea, Atlantic Ocean I awoke to the motion of ocean swells yesterday, and it suddenly occurred to me that I hadn’t felt them for a week. The waters of the Amazon River were calm, despite currents of three or
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Days 13 & 14, 2024 Grand World Voyage Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 15-16, 2024; Parintins and Santarém, Brazil I’ve always believed that success in fishing is mostly a matter of luck. After today I think experience must play a role. As we all were dropping lines with raw meat on
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Day 12, 2024 Grand World Voyage Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024; Manaus, Brazil When last I cruised to Manaus (just last month!), we moved slowly past a tanker grounded on a sandbar. Our ship had barely more than a meter (39 inches) under the keel. Due to the low water level,
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Days 10 & 11, 2024 Grand World Voyage Friday and Saturday, Jan. 12-13, 2024; Alter Do Chao and Boca da Valeria, Brazil What a difference a month makes. When I was on the Amazon River in December, it was touch-and-go as to whether we could even cruise up the river
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Day 7, 2024 Grand World Voyage Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024; Devil’s Island, French Guiana A friend in Andorra is tracking our journey and noticed yesterday that we were sailing down the northeast coast of South America, past Venezuela toward Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. “Are you going to Jonestown?” he
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Day 5, 2024 Grand World Voyage Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024; Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago Three sea days seem to be a perfect beginning to a long cruise, and that’s how we started this 128-day voyage. During our three days of sailing southeast from Fort Lauderdale we had time to fully
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Day 1, 2024 Grand World Voyage Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024; Fort Lauderdale, Florida Remember what it was like returning to college or school in the fall? I never knew for sure who would return, so I was excited to see old friends. At the same time, there would be new
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Day 12, 2023 Holiday Panama Canal Sunfarer Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024; Bimini, Bahamas As we pack up from this holiday cruise – nephews Zan and Colton to return to work; sisters Elaine, Eloise and me to change staterooms for the next cruise – I’m struck by some of the differences
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Day 10, 2023 Holiday Panama Canal Sunfarer Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023; Caribbean Sea I greeted the last day of 2023 with an hour of precious solitude, sitting alone in the Lido Restaurant on a ship with 2,000 passengers. I accomplished this feat by getting up at 5:15 a.m. and watching
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Day 3, 2023 Holiday Panama Canal Sunfarer Monday, Dec. 25, 2023; Christmas Day in the Caribbean Sea Merry Christmas! It’s early Christmas morning and I’m in my happy place – the Crow’s Nest – enjoying a morning latte before too many passengers get up. (Yes, I do have multiple happy
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