玲子的航海日記

玲子,Let's start to the voyage of life with hope and dream!(by Seki san)
遇見Seki san是去年的事了,當YAIMA號緩緩駛進模里西斯的首都港口Port Louis時,我們遠遠就看到一面日本國旗高掛在一艘約50呎的船上,有亞洲來的船,讓我們一行三人振奮不已,船上站著一位身材精瘦的亞洲人,不斷的在向我們揮手,他就是來自東京的關秀先生,我們終於在模里西斯相遇了!

Mauritius is an island nation off the coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean.It is renowned for having been the only known home of the dodo. The dodo became extinct in the late of the 17th century.
模里西斯位於非洲大陸的西南方,離馬達加斯加島約900公里左右,和Rodrigues一樣是數百萬年前海底火山噴發時所形成,這座島以多多鳥的故鄉聞名於世(小說愛麗絲夢遊仙境裡就有一位多多鳥先生),原以為是17世紀歐洲人進駐後,把牠們捉光了,據說是因為隨歐洲人來的許多不同物種,造成多多鳥生存環境的改變,不到一世紀,多多鳥完全消失在地球上,一隻不剩!
After saying goodbye to our friends ,we left Rodrigues in the morning on August 7th.We got irregular winds with huge waves all along the way for two days.Then we saw the mountains,the beaches with a lot of people kite-surfed on the sea.It was Mauritius!One kite-sufer even surfed by to say hello.Then suddenly Captain Hiro pointed to the sea and yelled out "Whales!".There was a whale family playing and spraying water into the sky just ahead of Yaima.We tried to sail closer,but they swam faster and soon disappeared from our sight.I just stood sliently on the bow with a BIG smile on my face.That was my first time to see whales dancing in the waves.

Captain Kurt was from Yacht Nicole.Whenever you met him,he could tell you a lot of interesting stories and sang songs he made.He is a German but published a Spanish sailing book.He is really a versatile person.One day,a local young man asked us what was sailing like."When you go sailing,you have to set yourself free.You have a lot of time ,maybe not much money. You start to learn.You want to know more about people and care more about things happening around you.You make friends from all over the world.Your values change.If you are a racist,you definitely won't enjoy your sailing.In the nature,on the sea,you have to rely on yourself so you have to learn.You have to be open to the people,the place and everything."said Captain Kurt.
We all respect him a lot.Besides,he is really a good singer.Can you believe that he is in his seventies?

"Do you know Seki san? He is the Captain of Yacht Polaire.He is from Tokyo." when Birgit asked us if we knew this Japanese Captain,I couldn't help wondering who he was.People asked us about him along the way.He seemed to stay in all the islands we had been to.Who is Seki san?
"你們認識關秀先生嗎?他來自東京!一個人航行,船名叫Poliare!"當Birgit問我們是否認識關秀先生時,我心中不禁納悶"這關先生到底是何方人物,為何一路上不斷有人提起他的名字?"單人航行世界?一個有著瘋狂浪漫情懷的水手?
Yuuki met Birgit in the library.At that time,Birgit was doing her research in the library.They had a nice chat.Birgit was excited to see the SECOND Japanese yacht and was curious about Yaima's journey.Yuuki invited Birgit to come on board and had an interview with our funny Captain Hiro.

I woke up early every morning.At 5 o'clock,the sky was still dark.I liked to make a cup of hot tea ,sat on the deck and watched the daybreak.The colors of sky changed from gray to reddish purple then to golden orange.The birds sang heartily at dawn.It was a moment belonged to little me and the beautiful Nature.Then the rodrigues fishermen would row their boat out of the port then sail their handmade black sail.We would wave to each other and say hello.I like this way to start a day.
One morning,it was low tide.We could almost walk on the reef.We saw the fishermen hunting for octopuses on the reef.I looked at them curiously."You look like you want to join those fishermen.It's low tide.We can get on the reef easily."said Captain."We can catch one octopus for lunch.What do you think?"I said."It is not easy to catch an octopus but you can try." I wore my HUNTING SUIT and took a pole and a bucket with me."Let's go octopus hunt!"

I met Elena in Rodrigues.She was from Yacht Nicole and had sailed around the world for almost ten years.When the first time we talked,I got a feeling that we could be good friends.My ESP told me so.
週末的港口冷冷清清,只有少數幾家商店還開門營業,我們一船三人從Mountain Limon健行下山,遇見正在圖書館外使用無線網路的Elena。她來自西班牙籍帆船Nicole,整個港裡只有三艘帆船,之前雖照過面卻沒機會交談,她和Captain kurt已經在這個港口停留一個禮拜了,看到初來乍到的我們,她熱情地對我們打招呼,我們彼此交換在Rodrigues島上的新發現,Elena介紹我們幾家隱身在巷弄裡的餐廳,讓饑腸轆轆的我們終於吃了一頓美味的當地料理。

To possess and to lose are two sides of the same coin.No matter which side lands up the other is still there waiting to be turned over.we possess or we lose by how we interpret and react to everything that happend.
擁有與失去就如同一塊銅板的兩面。到最後,無論哪一面朝上,另一面始終在哪裡等待翻身。是擁有或者失去,就看我們如何解釋與回應發生的一切!

Morning has broken, like the first morning.Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird.Praise for the singing, praise for the morning.Praise for the springing fresh from the word.
天已破曉，宛若是第一個清晨。 黑鳥鳴唱，宛若是第一隻鳴禽。 讚美這鳴唱，讚美這清晨。 讚美它們使這世界充滿了清新的氣息!

Captain Hiro often said that "Sailors have weak legs.We don't use our legs a lot like walking,riding bicycles while we are sailing.We should go hiking to train our legs."
It was a Sunday afternoon.Most of stores were closed.The streets were empty.Only the locals had a little specialty goods display by the port."Where should we start our hiking trip?"asked Yuuki.We read the map and discussed zealously. "How about going to the mountain top?We can see the view of this island.How about the Mountain Limon?It's the highest.What do you think?"I said and pointed to a triangle mark in the middle of the map."That sounds good.Let's explore it!"said Captain Hiro.