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During my time with Ellermans, I always found that long leg from Conakry to Cape Town (I believe the course was 142(T)) really brought home how lucky I was to be at sea. After a hectic Coast around the UK/Continent and the fickle weather of Finesterre, it was a week of good weather and enjoyable watchkeeping. This, we told ourselves, was "what we signed on for". The ship seemed to have a happier atmosphere about itself and its crew more sociable.
On the return leg, (322(T), usually fully loaded, a week to look back on the voyage and look forward to the passage home and leave that would follow.
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