Six days of steady sailing
towards South, we have entered the 1 deg parallel last night. On the menu for
dinner was Paratha with Egg Bhurji and Tea. A cool monsoon breeze greets us and
a hot meal tastes tastier than ever. A massive armada of dolphins came to
exchange pleasantries with us in the evening. They have been our old friends at
sea and they make sure they visit us often!
The weather we have been
experiencing so far is pretty much in compliance with that expected. With the
setting in of monsoon winds, the rain Gods are becoming quite regular in
showering their blessings upon us. Colossal clouds leading to squally winds are
quite common in this region. They have a habit of approaching at nasty speeds
and can do major damages within a jiffy if not attended to well in time. They
have been keeping us in ‘action stations’ most of the times and demanding an
active lookout from us with a quick action of reducing the sails before they
arrive. Once the right action has been taken well in time, all we have to do is
to wait and watch and I would often whisper a ‘Bring it on dude’ to these cute
looking monstrous clouds as they shower all they have to offerJ.
As I write this I note that we
are now eleven miles from the equator. This is going to be the Mhadei’s
eleventh equator crossing, our crew Swathi’s third and the first for the rest
of us! And I would continue the rest later. Signing off!
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