domingo, 15 de novembro de 2009

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O PHOENICIA acaba de atravessar a Linha do Equador

Mensagem de Vera Sanada
15 de novembro

Estou um pouco atrasada em mandar o texto do Philip, pois hoje já passaram pela Linha do Equador e devem ter comemorado a bordo. A tradição é que o Rei Neptuno vem a bordo para batizar os primeiros a cruzarem a linha. Não sei quantos que estão a bordo do Phoenicia que não navegaram nessa região. Normalmente alguém a bordo se veste de Neptuno, também bebem, geralmente rum, bebida tradicional dos barcos, para comemorar, mas como no Phoenicia a maioria é de muçulmanos, eles não tem álcool para beber, mas com certeza farão uma festa, ainda mais que estão saindo da zona de risco dos ataques dos piratas Somálios.

Como escreve o capitão Philip abaixo, "obrigado aos deuses Fenícios!"




Mensagem do Capitão Philip


Blog 12 from Captain Philip Beale
Thanking the Phoenician Gods


We have had a good 24 hours and have covered 142 miles over the period, of which nearly a knot is due to favourable currents of the average speed of nearly 6 knots.

We have spent part of the day reflecting how lucky we have been so far and in fortuitously avoiding the pirate attack area now just some 200 miles to our west. As the report below indicates, the crew of the MV Felitsa were not so lucky.

More information has emerged regarding the vessel hijacking in the Indian Ocean reported in the November 11 Drum Cussac Gulf of Aden Piracy Alerts.

The 23,709-dwt Greek-owned, Marshall Island-flagged bulk carrier MV Filitsa, was hijacked by Somali pirates at position 00:35S - 062:40E, approximately 1050nm east of Mogadishu, Somalia in the Indian Ocean, at 0105 UTC on Wednesday, November 11. The vessel was approached by pirates in skiffs, with the ensuing chase lasting for five hours. Three pirates were reported to have been injured in the attack.

The Filitsa and its 22-man crew, made up of three Greeks and 19 Filipinos, was carrying a shipment of fertilizer (urea) en route to Durban, South Africa when the incident occurred. The vessel, owned by Piraeus-based Order Shipping Co. Ltd, is subsequently reported to have turned around and headed north towards Somalia.

We are now a few miles from the equator and heading south east and plan to pick up the south east trade winds a few hundred miles further south, that will take us towards East Africa.
Tomorrow morning we will celebrate a time honoured tradition of a reception with King Neptune for those of the crew whose first time it is to cross the equator under sail. We will then have a small party to celebrate the achievement. Nothing too grand mind you, there is not a drop of alcohol on board. So soft drinks and a few sweets will be the order of the day.


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