Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Att segla på värmen

Jag vaknade inatt av att det regnade ute, då gäller det att snabbt springa upp och stänga alla ventiler, efter en stund blir det sen en ångande varm instängd luft nere i båten. Då kom det upp en fras i mitt huvud, en fras från den gamla sjömanstiden, ”Att segla på värmen”. Det var snarast ett uttrycksätt.

När jag på min första båt, en Grängesbergare som gick med malm och kol i Nordatlanten, hörde alla prata om hur det var att ”segla på värmen”, blev nyfikenheten stor och längtan enorm.
Men vad innefattade egentligen uttrycket?
Trader som Västafrika, Ostafrika, Centralamerika, Persiska viken eller bara Viken, det var ”att segla på värmen.” En kombination av värme och fukt, mögel och kackerlackor. Men sen var det inte bara en viss trad, det var också en viss sorts båt, det skulle vara en gammal styckegodsare utan luftkonditionering, eller en oljetanker av det gamla slaget med midskeppsbygge och kobrygga, däcket skulle dallra av hetta och gummisulorna skulle nästan smälta, maskinarna avundades däcksmanskapet som iallafall fick vara ute.

Om ni blivit mer intresserade av vad ”Att segla på värmen ” betydde förr,  rekommenderar jag er att läsa Ove Allansson, som räknas som en av våra svenska arbetarförfattare. Han har skildrat sjömanslivet ombord i många olika böcker. Hans miljöskildringar är fantastiska. Idag rekommenderas ”Värmen” som kom ut på Rabén och Sjögren 1970.  

1 comment:

  1. Good morning, how are you?

    My name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.

    I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of used stamps because through them, you can see pictures about fauna, flora, monuments, landscapes etc. from all the countries. As every day is more and more difficult to get stamps, some years ago I started a new collection in order to get traditional letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately, it is impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are very small countries with very few population, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.

    For all this, I would ask you one small favor:
    Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Sweden? I understand perfectly that you think that your blog is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Sweden in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and an original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:

    Emilio Fernandez Esteban
    Avenida Juan de la Cierva, 44
    28902 Getafe (Madrid)
    Spain

    If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.

    Finally, I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.

    Yours Sincerely

    Emilio Fernandez

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