It is a tradition on Direction Island to use a piece of flotsam (or jetsam but this is more difficult to collect) to fashion a memento of your vessel's passing. A quick survey showed that the tradition had been followed by several of our friends including the crews of Baraka, Elevation, 3 Ships and Taipan but there are doubtless others that we missed.
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| Collecting the flotsam |
This was carried back to the boat and the ship's name and the year roughly carved on it using Bosch multitool and blunt chisels. The text was then painted in black, applied using cotton buds by Susan.
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| Skilled (??!) carver |
We chose a likely spot on one of the palm trees by the on-shore shelter and it is now there to indicate our passing to those who follow.
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