Rare calls bring us news
from the yacht. December 17:
Goltis continues to keep dry fasting. Constantin began
to drink water.
The Ocean is rather calm, gales quieted
down.
All participants are
healthy are in good looks.
The crew has not enough
rest because of the rocking. Goltis managed to sleep for five hours at a
stretch.
Ship's doctor and Constantin
are keeping
journals that will be sent via email on arrival to the Dominican Republic.
The Team has scheduled the date of return to Kiev - January 20, 2009. So partly the
recovering after the fast will be spent in warm countries.
December 23,
20.00 (Kyiv GTM +2), Constantin:
We crossed the fourth GMT time zone. The yacht is
approaching the land on the wings of the wind - in the proper sense of the word.
500 miles
separate the crew from the arrival to the Virgin Islands.
These islands were found by Columbus
during his second expedition and were called "The Islands of 11 000 virgins".
The Team hope to celebrate
the New Year on the island Anegada that was called by the discoverer "the
drowned land."
Then the vessel goes to Samana,
the Dominican Republic.
There guys hope to complete the strict 40-day fast and celebrate the Christmas!
Today (December 23) is the
26th day of the fast. All three participants feel tired and
extremely weak.
Therefore the Ship's doctor
is more and more interested in the idea of fasting, particularly in the
spiritual aspect of the fast. Adriaan is going to have a 3-day dry fast upon
arrival to the firm land.
December 25, 13.00
(Kyiv GTM +2), Constantin:
The Team feels reasonably
good, but everybody suffers from rocking. Permanent rocking makes the
conditions of the voyage much harder. It is impossible to sleep. This overloads
the fasting organism. "It is the same as trying to fall asleep during the
earthquake", says one of the participants. It is storming all the time, 5-6
balls, not lower than 3-4 balls. It's a small storm, of course, but it deprives
the Team of the possibility to have a rest.
Goltis is going to start a
dry fast again for a couple of days.
326 miles remain to arrive to the island of Anegada. The Garuda's speed is 6-7
knots.
December 30:
We are on the island
of Saint Martin now. It's
+ 34ºC. We still cannot unmoor.
It is not clear yet where
we will celebrate New Year. If the weather allows, we will land one of the
British or American Virgin Islands.
Snowy New Year to all our
friends and readers!
From EQUITES with love.
January 10:
Thanks God,
the Team is doing well.
As it was
promised, we completed the Christmas Fast.
The
Columbus Quest expedition is accomplished.
The EQUITES
Team has started the HaitiQuest – we have made the Dominican part of the island
from the Samaná Bay
in the northeast of the Dominican Republic
to the northernmost tip of the island, a town of Monte Cristi.
The Team is
going to travel through the island of Hispaniola (Haiti) counterclockwise. |
