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Isaiah Jones vs the Sea (A 21st Century Odyssey) The Itinerary

Journey from Galveston, Texas, to Ghana:

Full Moon Departure: December 31st, 2020

Outward Journey:

Day 1: Depart from Galveston, Texas to Key West, Florida

Approximate Distance: 1,000 nautical miles

Estimated Sailing Time: 6 to 8 days

Depart from the Port of Galveston shortly after sunset, taking advantage of the full moon for better visibility.

Plan for an overnight sail, arriving in Key West, Florida.

Days 7-15: Explore Key West, Florida

Enjoy your time exploring Key West.

First Quarter Moon: Occurs Day 8.

Day 16: Depart from Key West, Florida to San Juan, Puerto Rico

Approximate Distance: 800 nautical miles

Estimated Sailing Time: 4 to 6 days

Sail southeast from Key West to San Juan, Puerto Rico.

First Quarter Moon: Occurs Day 16.

Days 22-30: Explore San Juan, Puerto Rico

Explore the island of Puerto Rico.

Full Moon: Occurs Day 29.

Day 31: Depart from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Castries, St. Lucia

Approximate Distance: 1,000 nautical miles

Estimated Sailing Time: 6 to 8 days

Head southeast toward St. Lucia.

First Quarter Moon: Occurs Day 36.

Days 39-45: Explore Castries, St. Lucia

Explore the island of St. Lucia.

Full Moon: Occurs Day 45.

Day 46: Depart from Castries, St. Lucia to Bridgetown, Barbados

Approximate Distance: 100 nautical miles

Estimated Sailing Time: 1 day

Sail southward to Barbados.

First Quarter Moon: Occurs Day 50.

Days 47-51: Explore Bridgetown, Barbados

explore Barbados.

Full Moon: Occurs Day 58.

Day 52: Depart from Bridgetown, Barbados to Cayenne, French Guiana

Approximate Distance: 600 nautical miles

Estimated Sailing Time: 3 to 4 days

Sail west to reach French Guiana.

First Quarter Moon: Occurs Day 56.

Days 56-60: Explore Cayenne, French Guiana

Explore French Guiana.

Full Moon: Occurs Day 58.

Day 61: Depart from Cayenne, French Guiana to Tema, Ghana

Approximate Distance: 3,000 nautical miles

Estimated Sailing Time: 15 to 20 days

Embark on the longest leg of journey, sailing east across the Atlantic Ocean to Ghana.

First Quarter Moon: Occurs Day 65.

Days 76-95: Arrival in Tema, Ghana

Approach the Ghanaian coast and arrive at your destination in Tema.

Follow all local maritime regulations and customs procedures.

Complete all necessary paperwork and inspections.

Disembark and enjoy Ghana, explore the country.

Full Moon: Occurs Day 90.

Return Journey:

Day 96: Depart from Tema, Ghana to Cayenne, French Guiana

Approximate Distance: 3,000 nautical miles

Estimated Sailing Time: 15 to 20 days

Begin the return journey, sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean to French Guiana.

First Quarter Moon: Occurs Day 100.

Days 111-125: Explore Cayenne, French Guiana

Enjoy additional time exploring French Guiana.

Full Moon: Occurs Day 116.

Day 126: Depart from Cayenne, French Guiana to Bridgetown, Barbados

Approximate Distance: 600 nautical miles

Estimated Sailing Time: 3 to 4 days

Sail eastward to Barbados.

First Quarter Moon: Occurs Day 130.

Days 131-135: Explore Bridgetown, Barbados

Explore Barbados.

Full Moon: Occurs Day 138.

Day 136: Depart from Bridgetown, Barbados to Castries, St. Lucia

Approximate Distance: 100 nautical miles

Estimated Sailing Time: 1 day

Sail northward to St. Lucia.

First Quarter Moon: Occurs Day 140.

Days 137-143: Explore Castries, St. Lucia

Explore St. Lucia once more.

Full Moon: Occurs Day 145.

Day 146: Depart from Castries, St. Lucia to San Juan, Puerto Rico

Approximate Distance: 1,000 nautical miles

Estimated Sailing Time: 6 to 8 days

Head northwest toward San Juan, Puerto Rico.

First Quarter Moon: Occurs Day 150.

Days 152-160: Explore San Juan, Puerto Rico

Explore Puerto Rico.

Full Moon: Occurs Day 158.

Day 161: Depart from San Juan, Puerto Rico to Key West, Florida

Approximate Distance: 800 nautical miles

Estimated Sailing Time: 4 to 6 days

Sail northwest from Puerto Rico to Key West.

First Quarter Moon: Occurs Day 164.

Days 166-172: Explore Key West, Florida

Full Moon: Occurs Day 172.

Day 173: Depart from Key West, Florida to Galveston, Texas

Approximate Distance: 1,000 nautical miles

Estimated Sailing Time: 6 to 8 days

Sail westward, returning to Galveston, Texas.

First Quarter Moon: Occurs Day 177.

Days 179-187: Return to Galveston, Texas.]

End of Journey: April 5, 2021

It would be seven years before he returned to America.

“The wound is where the light enters you.”

-Rumi

The white puppy with a black spot circling her left eye gnawing at the kids’ heels is Starbuck he named her after his dads favorite character on ‘Battle Star Galactica’. They found her in a cardboard box abandoned on the side of the road just outside of Austin. The original plan was to stop at Threadgill’s eat nostalgia flavored cheeseburgers, fries, and drink Coca-Cola, under the ghostly gaze of Janis Joplin posters hanging on wood panel walls covered with vintage 1960s pop art memorabilia like the gullible tourists that they were, before continuing to the port in Galveston. Isaiah and his parents were about to pull onto the entrance ramp after getting gasoline and bottles of water when Helen shouted for Kennedy to stop the car.

She hopped out and returned after reaching into a cardboard box sitting on the median. The white puppy with a black spot around her left eye had been abandoned on the side of the road in the middle of the 100-degree Texas summer heat. Neither Isaiah nor his parents were going to leave the injured animal on the side of the road in a box with several other dead puppies, apparently her siblings, so they took the dog to the city pound in Austin.

When they discovered that they were going to put the dog down because her breed the Pit Bull Terrier was “too dangerous” Isaiah decided to keep the puppy himself. Helena was glad he decided to rescue the dog. She would be good company for him on the boat and Kennedy didn’t think they needed a third dog right now. They got the pup all of her shots and Isaiah named the black and white mutt Starbuck after his dad’s favorite character on the rebooted Battle Star Galactica sci fi tv series.

Later that evening they finally made it to Threadgill’s in time for dinner instead of lunch as they had planned only to discover the Austin cultural institution eatery had gone out of business and been closed with no plans to reopen for the last 2 months due to the pandemic. After Helena finished sobbing repeating “…it ain’t right man, it just ain’t right.”

They climbed back into the families white 4 door 2016 Mercedes-Benz C class and headed over to ‘Sandys Burgers’ instead. since they were still in Austin as sunset approached the family decided they even had time to get over to Congress Street and watch the bats fly out from under the bridge at dusk before they drove on for the next six hour the rest of the way south down through Houston on to the port of Galveston.

Six hours later they all marveled at their first sight of the black ship the SS Exodus, even sitting in dry dock the Monarch Ti-44 was a magnificent sight, even hauled out and suspended from davits in dry dock as a crew of a half-dozen masked workmen were finishing off applying the last coats of a ceramic polymer that bonded with the metal making it permanently waterproof. The stuff cost a small fortune and had been designed by a team at NASA.

Isaiah’s’ new job had him working part time as a consultant for Tartarus Aerospace as a Principal Systems Engineer – Space Suit (Hybrid hazardous environment titanium suits for deep sea diving as well as space exploration and fire fighting.) while he lived on the boat for the next 6 months before setting sail on an eastern heading.

Until he hit the Florida Keys, then it was south east down to the Bahamas, the Cay Islands, (skipping Haiti for obvious reasons), then a final stop on the island of Barbados to top off his provisions before the big push east 2618 nautical miles (about 4828.03 km) across the Atlantic to Afrika Coba Verde Islands then to the port of Dakar Senegal, doubling back on the dark passage, going through the middle passage into the light.

[notes] [Once in a Life Time] [And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack

And you may find yourself in another part of the world

And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile

And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife

And you may ask yourself, “Well, how did I get here?”

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by, water flowing underground

Into the blue again, after the money’s gone

Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

And you may ask yourself, “How do I work this?”

And you may ask yourself, “Where is that large automobile?”

And you may tell yourself, “This is not my beautiful house”

And you may tell yourself, “This is not my beautiful wife”

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by, water flowing underground

Into the blue again, after the money’s gone

Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was

Water dissolving and water removing

There is water at the bottom of the ocean

Under the water, carry the water

Remove the water from the bottom of the ocean

Water dissolving and water removing

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by, water flowing underground

Into the blue again, into the silent water

Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by, water flowing underground

Into the blue again, after the money’s gone

Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

You may ask yourself, “What is that beautiful house?”

You may ask yourself, “Where does that highway go to?”

And you may ask yourself, “Am I right, am I wrong?”

And you may say to yourself, “My God, what have I done?”

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by, water flowing underground

Into the blue again, into the silent water

Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by, water flowing underground

Into the blue again, after the money’s gone

Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was

Same as it ever was, look where my hand was

Time isn’t holding up, time isn’t after us

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was

Same as it ever was, same as it ever was (I couldn’t get no rest)

Same as it ever was, hey let’s all twist our thumbs

Here comes the twister

Letting the days go by (same as it ever was, same as it ever was)

Letting the days go by (same as it ever was, same as it ever was)

Once in a lifetime, let the water hold me down

Letting the days go by, water flowing underground”

[“Indigenous inhabitants of Galveston Island called the island Auia.[8] Though there is no certainty regarding their route and their landings, Cabeza de Vaca and his crew were shipwrecked at a place he called “Isla de Malhado” in November 1528. This could have referred to Galveston Island or San Luis Island.[9] During his charting of the Gulf Coast in 1785, the Spanish explorer José de Evia labeled the water features surrounding the island “Bd. de Galvestown” and “Bahia de Galvestowm” [sic]. He was working under the orders of Bernardo de Gálvez. In his early chart, he calls the western end of the island “Isla de San Luis” and the eastern end “Pt. de Culebras”. Evia did not label the island itself on his map of 1799. Just five years later Alexander von Humboldt borrowed the place names Isla de San Luis, Pte. De Culebras, and Bahia de Galveston. Stephen F. Austin followed his predecessors in the use of “San Luis Island”, but introduced “Galveston” to refer to the little village at the east end of the island. Evidence of the name Galveston Island appears on the 1833 David H. Burr.[8]

The island first permanent European settlements were constructed around 1816 by the pirate Louis-Michel Aury to support Mexico’s rebellion against Spain. In 1817, Aury returned from an unsuccessful raid against Spain to find Galveston occupied by the pirate Jean Lafitte.[10] Lafitte organized Galveston into a pirate “kingdom” he called “Campeche”, anointing himself the island’s “head of government”.[11] Lafitte remained in Galveston until 1821, when the United States Navy forced him and his raiders off the island.[11][12]”]