{"id":749,"date":"2021-12-06T14:56:51","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jksail.it\/2021\/12\/06\/a-lightning-in-the-sky\/"},"modified":"2021-12-06T14:56:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T14:56:51","slug":"a-lightning-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxurysailing.it\/?p=749","title":{"rendered":"A LIGHTNING IN THE SKY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fourteenth Atlantic Night.<\/span><\/p>\n

My shift at the helm with Manuel starts at 00:00 UTC.<\/span><\/p>\n

Manuel is a thirty-two year old sailor from Trieste, full of himself, not a pleasant character in his own words, and he boasts of it with a laugh that attracts slaps.<\/span><\/p>\n

He says about himself: \u201cI can’t please everyone\u201d the problem is that nobody likes JK at all, I don’t even believe himself.<\/span><\/p>\n

It reminds me of my career start as an “insurance broker” I already thought I was the custodian of all knowledge above all and everyone at thirty.<\/span><\/p>\n

Time will soon present him the bill and for this I manage not to hate him.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the fourteenth night at sea, the shift change has now become routine.<\/span><\/p>\n

The deliveries are handed over: present, past, future. <\/span><\/p>\n

You go up with a cup of coffee and go down with the hope of finding a bed, a corner on which to lie down.<\/span><\/p>\n

Except for the Triestino and his companion, for whom we have reserved a cabin, the rest of the crew including Cristiana and I share the other spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n

I like living with unprivileged kids.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is not modesty or some other virtue I just want to make fun of the time and “feel young among the young”.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the change of shift Lollo leaves us on deck telling us no squalls.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the handover, the past, present and future refer to squalls, a typical oceanic meteorological phenomenon.<\/span><\/p>\n

These are “bombs” of water and wind that roam the Atlantic.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are now inhabitants.<\/span><\/p>\n

We see them arrive, we give a hand of reefs and in serenity we wait for them to pass.<\/span><\/p>\n

20 knots of wind that quickly rise to 25 then 30 and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n

The maximum wind recorded 36 knots.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not so much, for now, we feared much more and we are ready to manage many more. <\/span><\/p>\n

I’m ready for everything but tonight the ocean made my heart rise in my throat.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not the sea with its waves, not the wind with its squalls in tow, the sky is the protagonist of my Atlantic night.<\/span><\/p>\n

00:39 UTC wind 20 knots right tack on Santa Lucia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suddenly JK’s total black mainsail hung like a picture in the sky without a moon lights up.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOstia\u201d starts Manuel !! on our left a light beam composed of 5 white points is directed towards us.<\/span><\/p>\n

We ask ourselves: A plane? No dai is an emergency call rocket.<\/span><\/p>\n

None of this.<\/span><\/p>\n

Quickly, within seconds, the light begins to fade.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of the 5 points, only two remain, which we then clearly see shattering into a dust of stars. <\/span><\/p>\n

A meteorite !!!<\/span><\/p>\n

At the change of turn I tell what happened to Simone di Cilento in Vela 23 years old at the registry office but at least 10 more as sailing skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

I confess that I had my heart in my throat fearing that the meteorite could generate a tidal wave. <\/span><\/p>\n

Manuel, who watches the story, intervenes: but what a fear I was fascinated and found the sublime and romantic experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the wolf does not lose his vice, the Triestino does not lose his ego.<\/span><\/p>\n

Taken from the logbook of Luca Davoli, commander of Jk sail<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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