We are sailing past the shores of Sicily and Greece, crossing the Ionian Sea. We have a steady strong wind, making 6\u20139 knots, waves 2\u20133 meters high, with heeling and water everywhere. The waves that sharply lift the ship, then crash with a twist and roll away into the distance, create a picturesque backdrop for our voyage \u2014 especially beautiful under the bright full moon. This is an ancient human sea; thousands of years ago, it was already navigated by Phoenician, Greek, and Roman ships. It was here that part of Odysseus\u2019s journey took place.
I can\u2019t stop imagining that we are not on an 18th-century frigate (a rather advanced seafaring vessel), but on an ancient trireme with a single square sail. How those waves must have tossed them around\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Good sailing is the complete dialectical opposite of comfortable conditions. If everything is dry and stable, it means there\u2019s no wind, no sails \u2014 just dreary motoring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It is very, very satisfying to sail with a 15-degree heel at 9 knots. Alexander Orlov<\/em>, We are sailing past the shores of Sicily and Greece, crossing the Ionian Sea. We have a steady strong wind, making 6\u20139 knots, waves 2\u20133 meters high, with heeling and water everywhere. The waves that sharply lift the ship, then crash with a twist and roll away into the distance, create a picturesque backdrop for […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":990011,"featured_media":4968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shtandart-latest-news","category-uncategorized-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
If you have good sail performance, there will be heeling. I\u2019m not particularly bothered by the fact that things go flying or that you get thrown out of your bunk. With heel comes water.
We don\u2019t say \u201cit\u2019s leaking\u201d or \u201cit\u2019s flooding\u201d \u2014 such impersonal phrases diminish the experience.
We say, \u201cwater comes\u201d<\/em>, acknowledging the inalienable right of water to appear whenever it pleases. It simply comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s pure joy.
Well, sort of. It\u2019s pure joy if you\u2019re a young volunteer at the helm, given a simple task \u2014 keep the speed up.
But if you\u2019re the one who knows that on this side lies a wind shadow and on the other, a heel that will collapse the sails \u2014 and that you must avoid both, and also make sure the young helmsmen avoid them too \u2014 then the joy becomes\u2026 a little less unlimited.
As Ecclesiastes said: \u201cWith much wisdom comes much sorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
watch officer of the frigate Shtandart<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"