Relax. Oh my gosh, the fireworks! The only exceptions were laundry day, and when we rented a car for three days and brought ourselves to exhaustion because we crammed too many things in those three days to make good use of the car. I had to apply reverse with the engines in order to get the chain taught above the sea bottom, so that she could visually follow the chain to the anchor, and even then it wasn’t easy. How do you focus on not focusing on anything at all? Ernährung und Landwirtschaft/Kleine Anfrage - 11.07.2019 (hib 772/2019) Die Laufvögel stammen ursprünglich aus Südamerika und sind in Deutschland geschützt. So, more or less predisposed to fail, I take only a few more seconds, do the sighs again, this time tensing my neck muscles in order not to get my snorkel too low (needless to say, tensioning and relaxing don’t go together), and do one last, slow and very full inhalation. Your email address will not be shared. Or perhaps because I forgot to equalize the mask. Klein Curaçao is a tiny island—less than 2 square kilometers—whose only structures are a few huts and an almost absurdly photogenic lighthouse. The icing on the cake was on the last page, which was blank except for the prompt “draw a picture of your boat”. On my first several attempts I would perform a beautiful duck dive but wouldn’t start forward enough, so I always ended up with the line (which acts as a guide and you are supposed to follow) on my back, desperately looking for it left and right. We did the latter, and ended up with a beautiful and lively underwater garden of coral and fish as our backyard. One more slow diaphragmatic breath before the fast sighs. Paula joined us there, and when we all went to immigration before leaving, they just put a departure stamp in the inbound form to convert it into the outbound document. Paula’s passport had the proper exit stamp, but no amount of explaining made the officer bulge. Relax. The agent seemed sympathetic: “what happens is that you cruisers do things differently”. This is supposed to be the most enjoyable part of the dive but I forgot about that and kept using the fins, because I was of course focusing on relaxing. Mmmh, that seems to have been the 10 meters mark. For now, I’ll leave you with these images of tiny, desolate, beautiful, and worth-bending-the-rules Klein Curaçao. Some want to see your clearance papers from the previous port, some couldn’t care less. I feel far from needing air and I enjoy my brief meditative state. I can hold my breath longer than Kathy, we have similar technique, yet she managed to reach 3 or 4 meters deeper than I. Oh, and if all that wasn’t enough, there’s one paramount little thing: relax! Entry requirements and procedures vary widely: some countries will want only the captain with the crew’s passports, others want to see every crew in person. Since we, lazy sailors, like to follow the wind and not fight against it, we made an overnight stop in Klein Curaçao, on our way from Bonaire to Curaçao. It’s all in the mind. No to-do lists, no goals, no written test after this workshop. _ja_badge_look = 2; Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts. No one noticed the discrepancy: we handed four passports, but the form listed three people. I’m trying to relax and minimize my energy expenditure as much as possible. European Commission - This website provides information on the EU's enterprise policy, entrepreneurship, business support, innovation, standardisation and e-business. At 15m the extra atmosphere and a half of pressure reduces the volume of my lungs and wetsuit enough that I’m not buoyant anymore. I only see tones of blue, plus the line, which looks so friendly and helpful now, indicating the straightest path to the abyss. Nandu. Die Frühjahrszählung 2019 ergab einen Bestand von 362 Tieren. Don’t look up on the ascent. And blacking out underwater is… well, not recommended. 22m. Relaxation is now entirely gone. We’ve done this business of sailing from one country to the next a dozen times. When Kathy “volunteered” to dive in order to check if the anchor was well set, she simply couldn’t find the anchor. Let’s make it three. The important thing is, I see it! Yeah, sure. Die einzige freilebende Nandu-Population in Europa befindet sich im Westen Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns. Except that it takes me abruptly out of my zen zone. In Naturschutzkreisen ist die Bewertung des Nandu als Brutvogel in Deutschland sehr unterschiedlich. Oh, right, use the right hand to preequalize while still at the surface, then bring the right arm forward, let go of the buoy and bring the left arm forward as well. I was prepared to say that my kids wanted to have the experience of sailing overnight under a full moon, or some such. Clearly! (Tension and anxiety increase the heart rate and oxygen consumption like nothing else). On the second one, after a full exhalation I naturally sink a bit, just enough for a wave to flood my snorkel. Kategorien. Use the fins and only the fins for propulsion, with more emphasis at the beginning, slowing down the kicks as you go deeper. Don’t overdo it, because any bubble of air that escapes the mask is wasted precious oxygen. We spent six weeks in the island. Nandus leben eigentlich in Südamerika, in Deutschland gab es im vergangenen Herbst 566 der Großvögel. Tuck the right elbow against the chest to reduce friction against the water. So much for relaxing. I have to conjure up in my mind a scene of happy serenity and utmost peacefulness where there’s nothing to worry about. It’s not the moment to think about that, but it’s very hard not to. Some charge a cruising permit, some don’t. What if I can’t relax because I’m afraid I will fail at relaxing! I was already concerned that the timestamps would make it fairly obvious that we made an unauthorized stop in Klein Curaçao, because it doesn’t take you two days to sail from Bonaire, and there aren’t any other places to stop in between. Europas einzige wildlebende Nandu-Population ist in diesem Jahr nach gezielten Abschüssen dezimiert worden. As the pressure increases, don’t forget to occasionally equalize the mask as well (blow air through the nose into the mask, to prevent the mask from acting as a suction cup and rupture the blood vessels around your eyes).