At sea en route to Manila: Our captain is trying to dodge the worst aspects of super typhoon Yutu, which will soon hit the Philippines. So far, we’re still planning a stop in Manila but that could change if Yutu damages the port too much. If we bypass Manila a lot of Filipino crew will be disappointed.
We’re about 17 hours out of Phu My, the port for Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon), and already the water is not smooth. I’d judge we’re in for rough water for the next 24-36 hours. We’ve doubled our dosage of generic Bonine, the anti-motion sickness drug of choice.
Sidebar lecturette: Hurricane=typhoon=cyclone, they are all the same gigantic hundreds-of-miles-across spiral storms which form over warm ocean waters. Their name depends on where they happen. Hurricanes occur in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Typhoons happen in the Pacific, and cyclones wreak havoc in the Indian Ocean. They’re no fun wherever they make landfall.
