At sea, in the Eastern Caribbean
After a restful night of sailing the open waters of the Caribbean, we awoke this morning to experience the Sea Cloud II at her finest. With steady winds on our starboard beam, we set approximately 22,000 feet of sails, and spent the entire day enjoying what this vessel was built for. We sailed nearly all day, with a steady speed of seven knots. Gently gliding along allowed for much relaxing in these perfect conditions.
As we were passing over water a few thousand feet deep, not much wildlife was expected for the day. A few birds were observed including red-footed boobies and magnificent frigatebirds. We did have a constant procession of flying fish taking off as the bow of the ship approached them. They get up a lot of speed, launch themselves above the water, and spread their pectoral fins and glide along up to one hundred yards. Quite a fantastic show!
Overall, a perfect, relaxing day. We did busy ourselves with stretching classes, a few presentations, and some tours of the insides of the ship to see how she really runs. Bridge, galley, and engine tours were popular ways to further our exploration. We capped the day with a deck barbecue and the “Sea Cloud II Shanty Singers” performing some hilarious sea shanties to end this glorious day.
After a restful night of sailing the open waters of the Caribbean, we awoke this morning to experience the Sea Cloud II at her finest. With steady winds on our starboard beam, we set approximately 22,000 feet of sails, and spent the entire day enjoying what this vessel was built for. We sailed nearly all day, with a steady speed of seven knots. Gently gliding along allowed for much relaxing in these perfect conditions.
As we were passing over water a few thousand feet deep, not much wildlife was expected for the day. A few birds were observed including red-footed boobies and magnificent frigatebirds. We did have a constant procession of flying fish taking off as the bow of the ship approached them. They get up a lot of speed, launch themselves above the water, and spread their pectoral fins and glide along up to one hundred yards. Quite a fantastic show!
Overall, a perfect, relaxing day. We did busy ourselves with stretching classes, a few presentations, and some tours of the insides of the ship to see how she really runs. Bridge, galley, and engine tours were popular ways to further our exploration. We capped the day with a deck barbecue and the “Sea Cloud II Shanty Singers” performing some hilarious sea shanties to end this glorious day.
