23rd January 2002 Surprisingly time is flying by, I’m almost frightened to mention it though in case it slows down again but at the moment I can scarcely keep track of the days. We haven’t been able to fish since we reached the north with exception of one trawl when we arrived. This highlights the … Continue reading Day 98
Category: Salty Tales
Day 97
22nd January 2002 A Momentous Day! Why I hear you cry is this day momentous?…because by some god driven miracle I received my parcels today! I woke up to some banging on the fore deck but didn’t emerge to see what was going on as I knew we were expecting to re-fuel today with the … Continue reading Day 97
Day 95
20th January 2002 We are sailing back up to the north to fish on the Flemish Caps as we have now filled and closed the fourth hold and are about to start the fifth and final hold. There is no chance of filling it in the time left but the captain has done better than … Continue reading Day 95
Day 93
18th January 2002 The weather today is fine and dandy. A good night’s sleep went down a treat and now I can enjoy the novelty of fresh air on the bow. I went down to check the haul after lunch and found that someone has taken my boots… I can’t believe somebody would steal my … Continue reading Day 93
Day 92
17th January 2002 Yes, the celebratory day of Thursday is upon us once more and I have a similar story to tell as my last entry…rougher than a badgers arse yesterday and today we are steaming back to the fishing grounds. Dobbin was more akin to a bucking bull in some rodeo last night and … Continue reading Day 92
Day 90
15th January 2002 Yesterday was yet another fun filled day of wave watching. It was blowing a force 10 with 10 metre waves and hurricane force winds, nice. The epicentre of excitement was when a large wave pushed the ship off course and beam on to the waves. The autopilot couldn’t cope and we were … Continue reading Day 90
Day 88
13th January 2002 Since I last wrote anything here the weather has been really bad (as opposed to bad). Bad weather is horrible as there is absolutely nothing to do. Really bad weather though, by some quirk of my nature, is fun and exciting. You see, in really bad weather the weather itself is spectacle … Continue reading Day 88
Day 85
10th January 2003 Thursdays, I have decided are a day of celebration. This is for two reasons; firstly why not? And secondly because the day we are due to sail from here, and the day we are due to arrive in Aveiro are both Thursdays. So Thursday is a kind of pre-anniversary day. Since it … Continue reading Day 85
Day 84
9th January 2002 The weather has been bad again all day, so yet again a day of ‘leisure’. It came as no surprise at all that we will not be servicing with the Christina tomorrow as planned because of yet another low pressure moving in from the north. I was seriously beginning to wonder if … Continue reading Day 84
Day 83
8th January 2002 We haven’t been able to fish today due to the weather and so there has been little in the way of work for me to do. A day of leisure some might say but that would depend on your definition of leisure. I read for the majority of the day, which is … Continue reading Day 83