Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Celebrating Washington's Birthday at Sea

Kimura Yoshitake
Commander
Kanrin Maru
February 23, 1860

Today, Americans celebrated the birth of the first president of the United States, George Washington. I've heard that everyone aboard the Powhatan had a very good time. However, I am very concerned with how they made it through the storm. They should have to make stop somewhere on the Hawaiian islands. They should be able to resupply themselves since they are now limited to five pints of water per day for each man, except for us Japanese who receive an extra two quarts for rice and tea. I have been looking forward to meeting the Powhatan, but it will have to be delayed a few days while the Powhatan regenerates in Hawaii. Our vessel only has enough oil to last three days, so I suppose we'll just wait at San Francisco.

1 comment:

  1. We did have a great time, even me and I was nausious, the storm didn't mess up the whole evening even though it scared me a little bit

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