Soon at Sea

This whole day was a preparation for our next sail towards Jersey. Our day started with waking up to a still breakfast. Many people chose to sleep through breakfast in preparation for the new sea leg. The few of us that were up eating took an extra portion of food. This is because, with a full stomach it is easier to avoid getting seasick, or so we have heard at least. Our knowledge in this area is still pretty slim, but we try our very best to distance ourselves from the seasickness.

The last time we went out at sea, only one third felt well enough to work. The rest of us, even though we had bandages and pills against the seasickness, tumbled around trying to make it from our beds to get up on deck without puking in a bucket. This, as you can guess, was not a nice experience. Therefore we would really love to not go through that again

At the line up at eight am people were getting ready to leave out to sea, but the captain informed us that we would stay in port for an extra eight hours due to our new secondary chefs arrival at four pm. This meant that the people who were not on watch could spend some extra hours in the city. Some therefore decided to go on land to spend their day shopping and enjoying A Couña for one last time.

Back home at the boat the preparations for our new sail was full on going. We started going with the “at sea schedule” today, which meant that we had our rotating four hour shifts again. For me that meant that I had an eight hour break before going on watch at four pm. In the beginning I, like a lot of the others, took a nap. At ten a.m. fika was served. We still had some leftover chocolate cake from Ebbas birthday. After the fika, not so much.

During the rest of the day nothing, but still everything, happened. All over the boat things were being organized and cleaned. You could almost feel the nervosity but also the excitement for the sail. Later in the afternoon the captain reported that our departure would be four additional hours delayed. Those of us who went on watch at four pm then got the chore to clean the students' living quarters. That would usually be done by the watch group after us, but they would have so much work with the departure, so we took it instead. Now we were ahead of schedule. We were even more than ready to leave by now. Even though A Coruña was a wonderful city to visit, I have to admit that we were longing to leave quite a bit.

When the clock was closing to eight we got the green light to leave. Suddenly everything happened so fast. The workers from the port were ready to help and all of the crew came out with their radios and orders of what to do. Just a few minutes before eight we set loss and were now on our way towards Jersey.

Now we are at sea again. This time out everything actually seems pretty peachefull. None of us have vomited yet, everyone is feeling quite alright. While the ones on watch are on quarterdeck shoving away the ropes, the others spend their time by the head of the boat. We are still near the shore so our service can still reach us. Many therefore take the opportunity to call home one last time for the next coming days. Others are just there to enjoy the sunset and eat some fresh fruit from Spain. There are a few persons that have gone out on the net by the forepeak, they seem to have the time of their lives. The ones inside are sitting and chitchatting are just having fun. I cannot say for sure because it is really early on, but this leg is going to be wonderful!

Emma Persson, Portside