at Sea
December 15, 2022
Another nice day through the Atlantic. Ship is rolling consistently through the voyage across. Temperature near 80 each day.
The Captain made an announcement at about 10 am. Maritime officials said there was a reported capsize of a yacht. There was some debris that we had passed about 30 minutes ago and we were turning around to investigate. Once we arrived at the site the Captain and crew realized the debris had been in the water for sometime as there was growth of algae. We were turning around again.
4 to 5 hours had passed and the Captain announced that the people on the capsized yacht, now swimming in the ocean, had all been rescued by another craft.
We talked today about the number of countries we have visited. For some reason I thought it would be more than 63. Looks like we have some work to do
visited 63 countries (28%)
I started a new book called Cabin Fever. It is all about this ship, the Zaandam and it’s Captain and what happened as the ship sailed during the beginning of the pandemic. The Captain said that he has not read it as he doesn’t want to relive it. The ship was on a South America voyage and was turned away from port after port as the virus broke out on the ship.
We have a tee time at noon on Saturday at the Bayamon Golf Course in San Juan. We arrive at 8 am and this should give us plenty of time to grab an Uber to get there. It is about 20 mins from the port.
I hope US customs goes smoothly here. Something tells me that it may not.…