April 1st 2004:

Email from the Ship: What an exciting morning as we were sailing through Basilan straits with Philippine islands on both sides of us. 06N 121E. There were many many little fishing boats all around us and then a freighter was coming towards us on the same course we were on.The screen was flashing a red area-collision course so since it was a little on our starboard side we altered our course to pass by. Our captain and officers are very skillful and always seem to know what to do. It was very interesting to see how it all worked out.