From ERIC SHACKLE, in Sydney, Australia. <ericshackleATbigpond.com>
Australian adventurer Don McIntyre and his doughty crew have set sail from
Tarawa, and are now heading for Fiji, on the first leg of a global search for lost treasure.
They are travelling in an icebreaker named ICE, a 15.2metre 40-tonne steel ice-strengthened motor sailor dive support vessel.
"Jane is on watch now till 2100 hrs" Don reports on his website, "then me for three hours,..then Mark at midnight. We are running three four-hour watches during the day and four three-hour watches at night... we had meat pies for lunch, and microwave dinner followed by the free ICE cream you get when you buy 5-litre yellow buckets in Tarawa..now we will havetwo of those!
Australian adventurer Don McIntyre and his doughty crew have set sail from
Tarawa, and are now heading for Fiji, on the first leg of a global search for lost treasure.
They are travelling in an icebreaker named ICE, a 15.2metre 40-tonne steel ice-strengthened motor sailor dive support vessel.
"Jane is on watch now till 2100 hrs" Don reports on his website, "then me for three hours,..then Mark at midnight. We are running three four-hour watches during the day and four three-hour watches at night... we had meat pies for lunch, and microwave dinner followed by the free ICE cream you get when you buy 5-litre yellow buckets in Tarawa..now we will havetwo of those!
"Looks like we will cross the equator again at about 2200hrs tonight ... so all good for now... we are very alert doing the hourly engine room checks..for now 1600rpm and 1.5gall fuel per hour..making 5.8 knots with the main and mizzen up into 18 knots apparent wind and 40degrees on port bow..
"Hopefully I will get some sleep tonight....with one eye open!"
Don has promised to donate 20 per cent of any treasure he finds to the Sheffield Institute Foundation for research into Motor Neurone Disease and other Neurological disorders.
You can follow Don's adventures or email him by visiting his blog, www.bluetreasure.me
"Hopefully I will get some sleep tonight....with one eye open!"
Don has promised to donate 20 per cent of any treasure he finds to the Sheffield Institute Foundation for research into Motor Neurone Disease and other Neurological disorders.
You can follow Don's adventures or email him by visiting his blog, www.bluetreasure.me
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