(Written May 19)
Happy Birthday Madalyn!
From the Captain as of 12:00 (four hours ahead of US Eastern Time)
Position: 33.22 N, 42.34 W
Heading: .085 true- slightly north of east
Wind speed: 20 knots
Ship speed: 21.5 knots
Water depth: 10,000 feet
Closest land: Florez, Azores at 650 miles
Distance to next port: 1296 nautical miles
Little reference to Jaws in the title there- where the captain of the shark hunting boat goes stark raving mad (as opposed to his usual slight insanity) and smashes the radio so they can’t call back to shore until the shark is caught. And well, we know how that ended up for poor Captain Quint—eaten by a giant shark.
But the captain of the Magic hass done this before, and been sailing for thirty plus years, not to mention he sounded pretty much rational when he gave his noon report from the bridge, so I guess we’re all right and not stuck in the middle of the sea with a captain who’s a raving madman. Now our wait staff, those guys I’m not too sure about…
Okay, only the first say, twenty-thirty seconds are relevant, but you get the point.
Saw some flying fishing and a container ship. Other than that, smooth seas.
