She truly did go down with her captain, in the end.
So for all of you who didn't know, Concordia sank off the coast of Brazil yesterday. Dunno what happened. I remember that some time last year her long-time captian died of a heart attack. I didn't know him personally, I hadn't sailed under him or anything, but Ol'Blue and him used to talk together quite a bit in the ports like Dublin that we visited together, so he was on our ship sometimes.
Here is additional information.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2010/02/19/ns-brazil-ship-sinks-students.html
I am glad to know that the crew and students and teachers are safe. That must be a traumatic experience, for the home you live on for 6 months vanishes into the sea with all your things and all your memories... and you're left alone in the middle of nowhere.
I'm also worried on the financial side, of course. I hope WIC can pull through. What unluckiness. The concordia was practically new, compared to chopin, anyway. And she was always so perfect looking, so pristine, so modern, and they did waay more drills than we ever did...
But we had totally underestimated the strength of the sea. What foolishness. I remember one of my instructors telling me that I was a fool for wanting to see the sea's worst when we were on Chopin. I had acknowledged that she was right, but I always inwardly assumed that Chopin could take anything. This is a powerful experience for myself who hasn't even sailed on Concordia, but for those present, they really must have seen a whole different side of nature. "Bow, human, in the presence of raw elemental power." I wonder how long a series of misfortunes would have to be in order to sink that ship. I mean, it was a great ship, not as cool looking as Chopin but definitely established, been 'round Cape Horn and all...
I wonder what'll happen to them now....
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