Changes in Latitudes

Since December 2016 I have been having dizzy/fainting episodes due to low blood pressure. My GP said I should just be aware of the symptoms and there was no real answer why I get these episodes. Sunday I was at a restaurant and had my worst episode yet and was taken by ambulance to the emergency room, and later moved up to the hospital for observation. My heart rhythm was monitored all night and my blood pressure was measured numerous times. The next morning they did an ultra sound of my heart and found a leak in my pulmonary valve. This is relatively normal, but in my case it was a bit more than average. It could be a coincidence, but could also explain my low blood pressure and fainting episodes. I will be called in to a heart specialist for a follow up and will have to keep monitoring it, but otherwise I can keep doing what I'm doing since I'm otherwise very healthy.

We've been at sea for two weeks now and have only taken 9 samples. Blue whiting seem to be pretty elusive for us this year. This is my first time on this tokt, and it is by far the most relaxing of them all with very little work - silver lining...plenty of time to work off all the good food in the gym! Kings Bay has a great gym! We set out from Bergen aboard my favorite fishing vessel that we hire, Kings Bay, on a beautiful day in Bergen. We have had a bit of wind, some rain, and a fair amount of sunshine. The crew is a lot of fun and we got to know each other pretty well last summer when I was aboard this vessel all of July last year, when I was then known as "Pocahontas". The first two or three days we were only cruising to the beginning of our sampling area in the Irish Sea and we passed between some Scottish isles...just a shame the view was obscured by rain. Lighthouse in the distance on some part of Scotland There she blows! The trawl hauls ha...