The fog started about 2am. This was
serious fog. The automated fog horn switch was moved to the “ON”
position and left there until about 0630. My job was to get up, go
out on deck and listen for other fog horns out there. This was a very
quiet part of the ocean (excepting our repeated blasts) so I returned
to my usual night watch station, fluffed the pillow and resumed other
duties. By 0730 the fog dissipated enough for me to resume deck watch
and switched duties to whale watch. At 1bout 1230 the fog came upon
us again.
On a sea day one may catch up on
laundry, napping, reading, attending lectures on upcoming ports, play
games, knit, sample cocktails, eat, visit, etc etc etc. I needed the
port lecture to find out just where we were going and how to
pronounce the port names.
The noon report came to something like
this: Position was 56º
36.03'N and 050º
35.60'W on a course of 034º
with a speed of 16 knots. Depth (get this) 11,970' .Fog. (16 knots in
the fog?) Temperature 46 F, 8C. Apparent Wind NNE 37k, true wind NE
23k (force 6). Distance noon to noon 382.8nm. Total cruise 1,486 nm.
Humidity 99%. Sunrise 0442, sunset 2113.
This
evening blessed us with another time change of ½ hour.
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