Tea time
27th March, 2008Tuesday about tea time.
Yesterday evening and last night was very exciting. We are now at Sea in the Drake Passage having powered through hurricane conditions, with winds of over 90mph and waves of 10m, the ship rolled all over the place, exceeding 45 degrees at times as the waves pounded us from the side. The worse point came when we were hit by a rouge wave at around 3am which swamped the ship almost bringing us to a standstill, chairs equipment and people were thrown all over the place. We have come through the worse now but the swell still rocks us badly. What a way to leave Antarctica. It is hard to imaging that in a few hours we will pick up phone coverage and sight land, everything that past so slowly now seems such a distance away. Important information has been shared and lessons have been learnt. We all have important stories to tell and messages to deliver when we get back home.
To my family you will be pleased to know that over 200 years of naval tradition have not been eroded away as I have come through this journey without being sick, although I must admit it got pretty close last night. Love to you all and sea you soon.
Luke
Glad to hear you did not hurl - what a man! Neither did I crossing the Channel… Back from Paris, done the 10k race and contemplating a trip to Northumberland to get my drones sorted. All good stuff - looking forward to seeing you.
DD
Posted by David Dean on 03/30/08, 7:54 am