Gift Me the Sea

Suddenly, my 63rd Birthday came! Following a long tradition, I spend this day sailing, singing the Yu. Vizbor’s song:

” I’ll grow old sometime, the memory will wash away with time.
If there are gifts for me by that milestone –
Don’t give me the shore, give me the sea,
I’ll thank you guys for that.

I will sail on the sea, remembering my life,
Remembering my city, where my friends stayed,
Where all the streets flow into the sea like rivers
And houses, like longboats, are on the dock.

What else do I need? Yes, perhaps that’s enough.
If only the old diesel would serve flawlessly,
If only my hands would get tired on the midnight watch,
To feel again that you are still alive.

If only I would come back, famous and old,
If only the boards of the pier, passing, bent,
If only an old comrade, tired from work,
He shook my hand with a silent smile.

I’ll grow old sometime, the memory will wash away with time.
If there are gifts for me by that milestone –
Don’t give me the shore, give me the sea,
I’ll thank you guys for that.”

CTD survey of the Prince Edward Bay

Today we started our CTD measurements in Prince Edward Bay and made 4 casts from Morrison Point to Halfmoon Bay. The depths in this area were no more than 8m, therefore, with a sufficiently high wind speed during previous days, good mixing is observed throughout the depth. The temperature ranges from 22.3°C on the surface to 21.7°C at the bottom, there is no thermocline. The specific electrical conductivity practically does not change throughout the depth and is 304 uSm/ cm, there is a fairly low chlorophyll concentration (about 0.7 ug/L with a fairly good dissolved oxygen saturation (102%) and low turbidity (~1NTU) – all this indicates a good condition of the waters in the Prince Edward Bay.
For dinner, Frank introduced us to a new vegetarian dish – polenta. It was very tasty, thank you, Frank!