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[hawkwing_lb]

I'm back.

The first thing I did, when I got home, was throw my stuff into the washing machine. The second thing I did was get into a shower and stay there for forty minutes, scrubbing the whole time. I hadn't had a shower since Donegal, since I was on watch at Bangor when the others got to shower.

God, that was close quarters and an icky smell of feet. But an interesting week. Incredible, really.

Third thing I did was take the disposable camera down to get the pictures developed. Then I crawled into bed and slept for two whole marvellous hours on a wide bed that didn't smell of feet or damp.

Notes on the trip and pictures will follow, when I can manage them. I now know lots about the tallship STV Asgard II, even if I was too chicken to stow and set the square sails.

Also, I am fat. The ship's cook on the Asgard is apparently quite reknowned. Three meals a day, full Irish breakfast, desert after dinner, generous portions, really great ship-made bread... Yeah. Back on the minimal eating habit regime now.

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[davefreer.livejournal.com]

(chuckle) reality bites with the pong, cramped quarters... and shipboard food (I used to spend a lot of time at sea on trawlers - some of which did 3 months at sea. I never did morethan 2 weeks, thank heavens). Did you get some time out from rain?
The one part of your experience I still want to do is go out on the yard-arms on a skysail on a foremast in heavy weather... sigh. One day. Maybe. Before I am too damned old.
Look forward to the pictures.

[chrisbillett.livejournal.com]

You've... you've been sailing?

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

Welcome home, sailor! Yer an old salt now, y'are. Aye, and tougher than ya was. Still got yer rolling gait? Holding on to the bunk when you fall asleep? Waiting for the dishes to go sliding along the galley table?

No? It's just me then?

One semester at college I had a class that took us out onto the Chesapeake Bay every week. Starting in February. With chop that hit about 5 feet.

I love a rainy day at sea!