July 25, 2010
Kuchinoshima to Amami Island : 118 nautical miles
Kuchinoshima to Amami Island : 118 nautical miles
Today we challenged the chain of islands Tokara. That is a difficult zone.
We depared from Nishinohama port at 05:00. The master, his mother, Taro(goat) and Jiro(dog) saw us off at the quay.
"What's her name?" He asked me the name of our boat.
"Her name is Lukia.", I answered.
"What does it mean?"
"It's a kind of names! for example Santa Lucia, St. Light in Latin!!"
I shouted to him on our boat Lukia leaving the quay.
Suddenly he started to sing Italian song "Santa Lucia" for us with very very genuine voice.
The singing voice gently pushed Lukia out to the ocean, and slowly but surely she started to cruise.
The singing voice gently pushed Lukia out to the ocean, and slowly but surely she started to cruise.
Nakanoshima
Nakanoshima
Some wild dolphins came near us all of a sudden.
While passing Suwanose island to Akusekijima, we encountered huge group of dolphins
As we kept speed at 8 knots constantly, the number of dolphins increased more and more. Eventually there were around 30 - 50 dolphins swimming parallel to the boat over 30 minutes.
When our boat stopped, they also stopped, as if they were saying "Don't stop. we want more."
Dolphins seemed to enjoy swimming with us, however, as a matter of fact they were waiting to snatch fishes we might catch.
Seems like they thought we were fisherman who troll. Whether it is true or not, we were so happy to meet dolphins.
Seems like they thought we were fisherman who troll. Whether it is true or not, we were so happy to meet dolphins.
Akuseki Island
The waves between Takarajima and Amamioshima were gradually getting higher, reaching around 1.5 to 2 meters. However, we had no problems to get through that area as long as we could cruise at 8 knots(1700RPM). We could saved the fuel consumption as well. The fuel consumption of 100 miles from Kuchinoshima to Amamioshima was only 320L.
We stopped Lukia at Okuma fishing port in Amamioshima island. The dangerous zone for the under 30 footer boat was finished.
We could moor Lukia at the quay. A fisherman leaded our boat an appropriate place of the quay.
He asked us
"Where do you come from?"
"Yokohama"
"Crazy!"
Many person interested to our boat.
I heard a man said to his friend, "That is a boat I read in a boat magazine."
I feel Minor fan is increasing in Japan.
We took a hot spring, dinner, oil massage at the Sea Side View Hotel.
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