| Title: | SAILING |
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| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
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The Adventure Series on PBS is doing a series on 8 explorers. The
first of these is on Dodge Morgan's Circumnavigation. It shows
in the Boston Area at 8:00 tonight (Monday, 3/16/87) on Ch. 2.
Ed
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| 503.1 | Why did he dread being becalmed? | PATOIS::CHRISTENSEN | Proofreader for Sky Writers | Tue Mar 17 1987 13:39 | 9 |
I watched the Dodge Morgan show last night and have a question for all
you Ocean-going types.
Can you explain why Dodge felt such severe dispair/angst/worry during
what (to me) would have been the easiest time--when he was becalmed for
a week? I believe the "voice-over" stated that it was because he
feared sinking into this mood that he undertook the whole adventure.
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| 503.2 | A calm is not CALM! | CSSE::GARDINER | Tue Mar 17 1987 15:05 | 31 | |
The despair associated with waiting is the same regardless of the
situation. Whether it is standing in line at the Registry or waiting
for your wife to finish her "I'll only be a few minutes" of shopping.
In those situations, at least, there is hope of change in relatively
short time.
On the ocean calms follow high pressures and can last, depending
on your course, from hours to weeks. The weather on the ocean is
fickle and unpredictable. It creates an anxiety that can drive
one mad!
Dodge alluded to this when he said that when the wind was blowing,
even violently, there was always something to think about. Something
to do to keep your sanity. During a calm the only thing you can
do is WAIT.
I have experienced calms many times on the ocean. When you first
realize that nothing is happening, it provides time to catch up
on the things that you let slide during the bad weather or hard
sailing. But, as the time draws on, you find that all you do is
wait and watch for a ripple on the water of the slightest zephyr.
The mainsail is flogging, the jib hangs loose, and the boat bobs
aimlessly, heading in no specific direction.
To experience a calm is an something that all sailors should go
through.
Good Sailing,
Jeff
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| 503.3 | WATER WATER EVERYWHERE... | DSSDEV::RUDY | Sun Mar 22 1987 13:05 | 5 | |
And don't forget the quote from the RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER:
"Water water everywhere and not a drop to drink".
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| 503.4 | LYMPH::DICKSON | Network Design tools | Mon Mar 23 1987 15:32 | 7 | |
Morgan had water-making equipment and "enough Propane to go around again". (This was towards the end as he described feeling guilty about taking a long hot shower.) Of course if your hi-tech water-maker poops out just as you get becalmed, you might have cause to worry. Go easy on the ice-cubes. | |||||
| 503.5 | Morgan repeat + "Child of Bounty" | TOPDOC::AHERN | Dennis the Menace | Wed Jun 22 1988 14:40 | 9 |
The Adventure series is being repeated on WGBH. I think the Morgan
story will be on Monday after next, July 4th. Also, if you missed the
one about the descendant of William Bligh attempting to imitate his
ancestor's post-mutiny open boat journey across the Pacific that was on
the other night, it will repeat tonight at 7:00 and Sunday at noon on
channel 2.
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