Windjammer

At nine o’clock this morning the captain announced that the Viking Orion has been granted a temporary berth in Tokyo, so he has set course for that harbor. We should dock at 2 pm tomorrow. Our ship will stay there until Sunday morning, when we must vacate that berth and loiter at sea until the following day. On Monday morning Viking Orion will be able to occupy the spot previously reserved for it and our trip will continue as planned.

This morning the winds abated somewhat. A sunny day and calmer seas allowed us to relax a bit. But the winds increased again, and now I suspect we have gusts outside more than 75 mph. It is not raining anymore, but spray from the bow wave is constantly drenching our veranda on the third deck, and whitecaps extend as far as I can see. This is the roughest sea we have had so far. We decided that the safest place to be is in the rack, and since lunch we have come back to our stateroom to nap. The ship is jerking and pitching with an occasional jolt that wakes us. The sky is blue and sunny, but the wind is formidable.Okumaya devam et