Thursday, July 1, 2010

Another Day of Waiting

The swim is next planned, or hoped for, on saturday. Friday is not considered a good day. So instead we will fall back to our routine as we did today, with a 45 min to an hour swim in the harbour after breakfast, then off to who knows what. Today Andrew, Mirjana & I went to the town of Deal & looked around. As we went on the bus, France was visible & was the clearest view we have had so far. Just a little disappointing to not have gone out today. Oh well, that is the way of the channel. We go when the pilot deems the conditions right. We just have to be ready & patient!
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2 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 2, 2010 at 1:45 AM

    from reading various EC books, it sounds like the Brickells have a long history of piloting swimmers, perhaps the longest. Whats the scoop? which generation? What do they fish for in the "off" season?

    I've been using this link, then clicking on "Show on Map"

    http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/datasheet.aspx?SHIPNAME=viking&datasource=SHIPS_CURRENT

    ... just waiting for the Viking Princess to turn their transponder and pop up in the list !!!

    mike

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  2. JoniJuly 2, 2010 at 12:36 PM

    Yes this is the second generation of Brickell pilots. Their dad was a pilot & they crewed for him as youngsters. They do fish in the other season so this is a fishing vessel. They were recently inducted into the Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.

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