Email from the Ship: Last night, Mon. 4-5-04 I spent an hour up on the bridge and out on the deck as we prepared to set sail for Singapore. It's very interesting to watch when and how they undo the ropes that anchor us to the dock and how the tugboats manage to get us turned around to head out to sea. Bintulu is a particularly interesting harbor because of all the big ships coming in and out all the time. They loaded tons of plywood and we are taking it to Hamburg, Germany. We left the dock at 8:30 pm and the capt said it will take 1 1/2 days to get to singapore. Already we are talking about the singapore slings at the famous Raffles hotel .They say you have to have one at least once. Now it's Tue. eve 4-6-04 and the full moon over the ocean is absolutely gorgeous.Since we are in pirate territory we can't go out on deck at night. All the outside doors are bolted shut from 8 pm to 6 am.
One of our cadets, Chris is leaving us at Singapore and flying home to the UK because he needs to be there at a certain date and we are running at least a week behind schedule.The cadets, Scott, Mark, Chris, and Phil are quite an asset to this voyage. They are kind and thoughtful and humorous. It's fun to interact with them. They always seem willing to be helpful when we have questions.
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