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Night watch
By Natalia, media officer. 17 March. Here we are again…
on the bridge, with the 'Night Watch Report in the Port'.
This port is extremely 'bello' because we are in Genova,
Italy.
The formal duty of a night watch on board, as far as I
understand it, is: a) every hour you need to check that
everything is 'normal' on the ship. What does 'normal' mean
in a nautical way of speaking? Normal: no fire, normal:
nobody hurt, normal: the ship is not moving (away from the
dock, of course).
Well, last night was a normal night from 12 to 4 AM.
The difference between Genova and Sete (my night watch
in France) is incredible. Here in Italy we are in a fancy
port, Il Porto Antico, with a lot of light during the night,
people walking around having gelatto (ice-cream). In Sete,
France the night was full of no sounds. Let me explain:
it is the sound of noise going on, but you can't identify
it…
The smells are different too: the Mediterranean Sea breeze
is not here. Maybe because we are more in a city.
Back in Porto Antico: we have neighbors.
They are super classy (not all of them) fashion ships,
mainly in white and silver color. So the Rainbow Warrior
seems like the touch of green in this white picture. We
have the 'Mistress II' (SOMEONE is having a self-esteem
issue here), the 'Anatolia' (all covered by tropical timber
- uh, uh, we MIGHT have something to research....) and other
bright silver names that I can read. WAIT A MINUTE!!! I
just discovered two revealing names in two ships: the "Mahogany"
and "Jaguar." Is it just ME or do we have half
of our Amazon campaign here?!?!!?….
Focus, Natalia, focus on the night watch….
Ah!!! Very important advice: prepare a thermos of coffee
for the next person that is going to replace you. At 4 AM
in the morning you need it!!
Ciao, ci vediamo la prossima,
Natalia
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