The Niagara
Monday, July 17, 2017
Re: Day 38 Quebec City
Welcome home, Uncle J!
On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 7:38 AM, Jonathan Gordon <jon.j.gordon@gmail.com> wrote:
We have arrived and are docking.
Sunday, July 16, 2017
Day 37
We are creeping up stream at 3 knots trying not to arrive at our rendezvous with the pilots early.
Over night Eagle has caught up with us.
Day 38 4,000 Nautical Miles
Just finished the late dog watch, 6-8 pm. Beautiful pastel peach sunset forming. 15 C. Broken sky. 20 knots of wind and 1 ft seas.
We are now in the St Lawrence River as opposed to the Gulf of St Lawrence and both shores are clearly visible.
We passed the US Coast Guard tail ship Eagle at anchor. She had been ahead of us but has been directed by the shipping control authorities to wait. There is a schedule of when ships are to meet thier pilots and, correspondingly, when they are to arrive and, apparently, Eagle was ahead of her schedule.
We will be picking up our two pilots tomorrow at 4:00 pm. They will stay on board, working in shifts, until we are docked.
I learned from our First Mate that Eagle is actually a WWII German war prize, that she is about 90 years old, 80 meters long and has a steel hull. Nellie is about 50 meters long.
Everyone is looking forward to the completion of the voyage, seeing all of the tall ships and Quebec City. Its been a long time together on this relatively small ship with 46 other people. It will be be good to enjoy the simple pleasures of being on land, having the amenities of modern life and fresh decaf coffee. Sleeping in even a twin size bed will seem luxurious.
As posted on the travelsofjongordon@blogspot.com.
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