Day 14
Last night the moon was full and so bright on the water. It is too hot these days to eat dinner in the boat and we have dinner on deck by moonlight. Easter, as you will all know, is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox. (!) That is why the date of Easter varies so much as it is determined by the phases of the moon.
Today was another calm sea day and we managed to fit in a swim as the hydrophone had to be pulled in for examination. The hydrophone assembly is at the end of a 400 metre cable so it takes quite a while to pay it out carefully.
The sea is so incredibly blue. I took a picture of the sea to demonstrate how the sea surface changes colour. On the right with a blue sky it is blue, on the left with cloud it is grey. Diving into the sea on a sunny day and opening your eyes underwater (I wear goggles) the blueness is overwhelming.
We were searching for shade today as you can see from the photographs. The skylights were open to try and cool the cabins as the sea is calm today and there seems little chance of a wave crashing over the foredeck.
Tomorrow we reach the port of Salvador in Brazil. On Easter Sunday. I am looking forward to the smells of the land.
Roger's Wanderings 
Nice pics again Roger. I see someone being discrete under the sun shade. I wonder what smell you land starved senses will detect first.
The landfall wasn’t full of smells after all. Walking on solid earth was a bit weird though.
No I never knew that was how Easter was worked out!
It seems crazy in these days of computers and such doesn’t it.
Enjoy reaching land. I wonder if you will experience land sickness. I had that once after a long trip and kept bumping in to things ! Love to you all xxx
Yes the first few hours on solid land was very weird.
A perfect end to a vintage month! Maybe you will find some Easter Eggs tomorrow. Xx
I didn’t find any Easter eggs. I realised that in this heat the chocolate would melt in five minutes!
Thank you for the posts Roger, an amazing journey! Loving the day to day experiences.
You’ll be off on your own adventure soon enough???