Entry Date: 11.05.2019, at 17:00:00 hrs (local)
Whangarei - Vuda Marina
Back to the Future
| PRID: | 11729 |
|---|---|
| LegID: | 316 |
| LegNo: | 65 |
| Latitude: | S021°20.62' |
| Longitude: | E179°24.63' |
| Day#: | 831 |
| Course: | 321 ° |
| Speed: | 6.0 kn |
| Log (Day): | 133 nm |
| Log (Leg): | 1006 nm |
| Log (Total): | 48144 nm |
Covered distance: 996 nautical miles
Distance to Fiji: 257 nautical miles
Weather: 20 knots SE-wind, 10 feet waves, sunny with clouds
Mood of the crew: fascinated
It does not necessarily requires a fast sports car as in the movie ”Back to the Future” in order to travel in Time. Even SuAn is a suitable vehicle for time traveling. When we, shortly before arriving in Minerva Reef, crossed the Date Line from West to East, we still had the same time on board, but the date was one day earlier. This means we traveled one day in the past. Our whole visit to the Minerva Reef happened in the past. This morning we traveled one day in to the future, by crossing the Date Line again from East to West. In this way we safely returned to the present.
Well, we admit that traveling only one day in the past sounds not very exciting. But in order to travel further in the past (or future) one only needs to keep crossing the Date Line repeatably. We still need to work a little bit on a practical solution.
