big sky

the sea was calm and the skies were entertaining.

i had an ais receiver with an alarm that would go off if a ship over 300 tonnes came within 8 miles of me, and a radar that would set off another alarm if it picked up anything within 6 miles.

after a while i realised that they could keep a better watch than i could, especially at night.

so i could get some sleep. but looking back at the log-book there was rarely more than a 2 hour break between entries.