The ship’s journal from the Delivery from Mallorca to Fiji

13/01/25 1300CET South of Cartagena

The human body and mind are amazing. They can adapt to any situation if given time. Jan seems to be completely immune to the demon called seasickness. While An and I have to manage our queasiness with the 3 other green crew, well, they were green indeed for the first 12 to 20 hours. But coinciding with a more uniform seastate caused by an Easterly breeze that was lighter than predicted, all spirits were rising by the time the sun started its descent. 

All the crew enjoyed big portions of the bolognese that was pre cooked as a gift by our friend Michal.

At night we saw how the planets are almost neatly lined up. I take it as a good omen when the universe has rigged up the celestial bodies like airfield runway lights to guide us halfway around the world. 

At sea I find superstition to be a beautiful thing.

On land you can control almost everything. You can run to the shop when you need something. Run to a doctor when you’re hurt. You can hide from the weather in a brick house. At sea, even the best-prepared sailors can use all the allies they can get. 

That’s why we don’t talk about certain animals and we don’t whistle on board. That’s why I tossed a lot of rum in the bay of Palma in memory of my sailing mentor Jef and another one for the captain of my first Atlantic crossing, John. His motto for that trip was “Avoid pain and suffering at all cost.” So I had a small sip myself and plan to apply the same ethos to this journey. 

That’s why we are sailing quite slow right now. Going easy on this boat and her crew and planning to arrive in Gib in daylight on Wednesday. 

Last night Charlie Beau saw her very first dolphins. Oceaan had his when he was 5 on another Lagoon delivery from Palma to Barcelona. During the day we were followed by a pod of pilot whales!