KANACKI
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Time once again upon us.
Soon I will see gone again?
I and my better off to Saipan for 2019 Pan Pacific wrestling championships in Guam. We are going to meet up with our son who is competing. He is coming from Hawaii where he is studying medicine.
Coffee?
Well after wellington we sailed down the east coast south island of New Zealand. Then hit the choppy rolling seas and a strong south wester. The further south the bigger the rolling swells and occasionally rolling swells smashing over the deck of the Drumbeat. The mood on drumbeat changed as most of crew have never experienced the southern ocean. This is ocean that really tests the skills of mariner. With tasks everyone was paired up in buddy system on each shift. No one on board doing some thing by themselves. My biggest fear is mistake by tired crew and some one gets washed over board.
George told me a terrible story when he was on the "Picton castle" one of crew disappeared over the side in Atlantic....the loss was a devastating for crew racked with guilty losing one of their own. But even more so for the skipper who is responsible for the welfare of his crew.
At night we practical everyone is tethered to a harness especially in forecastle and boat deck vulnerable to big waves. But the Drumbeat was different in design than the Picton. The drumbeat much smaller with much less items lashed to the working deck. Even so the Southern ocean is just as unforgiving as the north Atlantic.
In case Laura Gainey her death was not in vain. Because it created a whole new raft of safety measures to prevent such a tragic accident again.
The ocean I know can eat ships not leaving a trace. And where we was going had a long record of eating such ships leaving them missing without trace. Simple factor I hammer home to the crew if you go over the side your dead. The simple fact in the matter.
The further south we went the sea changed from calm temperate to angry windy ocean. Where working on deck meant being cold and wet. We sail through several squalls south of new Zealand. finally through rain hail and sleets we came to Auckland islands. I was depending on the weather tack until daylight to north of the islands then sail during the day around. down the rugged west coast of the island. However we had few frustrating days of very poor weather. However in the end we resorted to east coast protects by big winds and storms and landed in bay of Enderbury Island.
Auckland island are sub Antarctic island with their very own unique mega fauna. the one small beach was crowded with seals that took exception us us land with zodiacs. We could not explore for because of thick vegetation and very changeable weather.
However after about two days the weather gave up break but the temperature had dropped dramatically as islands was sprinkled in snow.
Sailing down the south coast of Auckland it is easy to imagine how terrify it must of been being in sailing ship with no engines only sails being pushed to a coast line of cliffs that had caverns as big enough to swallow ships? The picture below is of the cavern believed the General Grant got washed into? The the fact of the matter there was several cave equally in size that could be been also the site of shipwreck?
Crow and mine opinion was if there was any gold it might of been in the strong box of the ship? If the ship smashed to pieces in cave the part of ship could floats out carrying the strong box until it sank miles away from the cave.
Knowing the story and seeing the caves along cliffs still gives me shivers. So I time was there short we had circumnavigated the Auckland islands then headed east to another little known island.
Kanacki
Soon I will see gone again?
I and my better off to Saipan for 2019 Pan Pacific wrestling championships in Guam. We are going to meet up with our son who is competing. He is coming from Hawaii where he is studying medicine.
Coffee?
Well after wellington we sailed down the east coast south island of New Zealand. Then hit the choppy rolling seas and a strong south wester. The further south the bigger the rolling swells and occasionally rolling swells smashing over the deck of the Drumbeat. The mood on drumbeat changed as most of crew have never experienced the southern ocean. This is ocean that really tests the skills of mariner. With tasks everyone was paired up in buddy system on each shift. No one on board doing some thing by themselves. My biggest fear is mistake by tired crew and some one gets washed over board.
George told me a terrible story when he was on the "Picton castle" one of crew disappeared over the side in Atlantic....the loss was a devastating for crew racked with guilty losing one of their own. But even more so for the skipper who is responsible for the welfare of his crew.
At night we practical everyone is tethered to a harness especially in forecastle and boat deck vulnerable to big waves. But the Drumbeat was different in design than the Picton. The drumbeat much smaller with much less items lashed to the working deck. Even so the Southern ocean is just as unforgiving as the north Atlantic.
In case Laura Gainey her death was not in vain. Because it created a whole new raft of safety measures to prevent such a tragic accident again.
The ocean I know can eat ships not leaving a trace. And where we was going had a long record of eating such ships leaving them missing without trace. Simple factor I hammer home to the crew if you go over the side your dead. The simple fact in the matter.
The further south we went the sea changed from calm temperate to angry windy ocean. Where working on deck meant being cold and wet. We sail through several squalls south of new Zealand. finally through rain hail and sleets we came to Auckland islands. I was depending on the weather tack until daylight to north of the islands then sail during the day around. down the rugged west coast of the island. However we had few frustrating days of very poor weather. However in the end we resorted to east coast protects by big winds and storms and landed in bay of Enderbury Island.
Auckland island are sub Antarctic island with their very own unique mega fauna. the one small beach was crowded with seals that took exception us us land with zodiacs. We could not explore for because of thick vegetation and very changeable weather.
However after about two days the weather gave up break but the temperature had dropped dramatically as islands was sprinkled in snow.
Sailing down the south coast of Auckland it is easy to imagine how terrify it must of been being in sailing ship with no engines only sails being pushed to a coast line of cliffs that had caverns as big enough to swallow ships? The picture below is of the cavern believed the General Grant got washed into? The the fact of the matter there was several cave equally in size that could be been also the site of shipwreck?
Crow and mine opinion was if there was any gold it might of been in the strong box of the ship? If the ship smashed to pieces in cave the part of ship could floats out carrying the strong box until it sank miles away from the cave.
Knowing the story and seeing the caves along cliffs still gives me shivers. So I time was there short we had circumnavigated the Auckland islands then headed east to another little known island.
Kanacki
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