22nd December 2001 It was rough during the night and I woke up regularly. At 7, or just after, I got up and went on the bridge to take a look at the lightening that had been flickering through my porthole. Ship’s time is about 2 hours behind what the time should be at this … Continue reading Day 66
Tag: Illegal unreported and unregulated fishing
Day 64
20th December 2001 Martello and the 3rd engineer came to fix the brackets to my desk to hold my laptop down. In Cornwall we say we'll do something 'dretley' which means that it will be done sometime in the future - most likely. I think the Portguese must have a similar philosophy because it's taken … Continue reading Day 64
Day 43
29th November I said to Miguel today that I think there had been a mix up with the catch reports. I didn’t outright accuse him of fiddling the figures but I didn’t need to. He just shrugged and said you keep your figures and I’ll keep mine, and so that was that. There’s nothing I … Continue reading Day 43