Blogs from Pacific, Oceans and Seas - page 10

Days 10-15 – At Sea This is a combined blog for all the days we spent at sea from our sailing on January 20th & 21st to our making landfall on the 26th. Day 10, Embarkation day, Jan. 20th: Embarkation day is best described as ‘a hurry up and wait day’, where you move through a specific set of procedures and then pause before the next set. We got up at a reasonable time, had our complimentary breakfast and even found some time to do some computer work until it was time to leave. Before our final zipping up of the luggage I took a number of items out to the car and returned to the room with a luggage cart so we could move everything to the front desk in one operation. While Brooke checked ... read more

On one of the warmest days in months we boarded the Silver Whisper in Los Angeles to begin our world cruise. It was somewhat of a mad dash to get ready for this cruise with taking care of our house and boat and all the other details that crop up when leaving home for half a year. Our cruise is four months and we plan to stay in Florida for an additional two months before returning home to California in July. This 2015 cruise began with seven days at sea which is a great way to settle into life on board the ship. Leaving Los Angeles on a balmy night with a full moon rising was a pretty spectacular send-off. And the next night we saw a stunning green flash at sunset. Nature is always full ... read more

“We clear the harbor and the wind catches her sails and my beautiful ship leans over ever so gracefully, and her elegant bow cuts cleanly into the increasing chop of the waves. I take a deep breath and my chest expands and my heart starts thumping so strongly I fear the others might see it beat through the cloth of my jacket. I face the wind and my lips peel back from my teeth in a grin of pure joy.” ― L.A. Meyer, Under the Jolly Roger: Being an Account of the Further Nautical Adventures of Jacky Faber My ship may not 'hoist the mainsail and scuttle the jib' but when I am onboard all things are equal. I am on the ocean, I feel the wind, I smell the sea, I hear the cry of ... read more

That's the journey! First intercontinental alone experience with such amaazing feelings... read more

At Sea: Throughout today we continued on a South – Westerly heading through the South Pacific Ocean towards Auckland. Around midnight this evening we will cross the International Date Line. The I.D.L. is a line running north and south along the 180thmeridian of longitude, but with some adjustments to avoid dividing certain island groups that are bisected by it, namely the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, and more locally to our position the Fiji, Tonga, and Kermadoc groups as well as New Zealand. The International Date Line is the geographical point at which the zone times GMT +12 hours and -12 hours meet bringing about a 24 hour time change. It is the case that if one were to set out from Greenwich in England which lies at 0 degrees longitude and travel eastward, the time zone ... read more