Prabhupāda: Bay of Bengal is rough.
Gargamuni: I've been on the Bay of Bengal. No, actually I was not on the Bay of Bengal. I was near the mouth, in Bangladesh. It's rough...
Prabhupāda: Bay of Bengal is very rough.
Gargamuni: But Sagar Island, isn't that in the Bay?
Prabhupāda: Not actually in the bay. It is on the...
Rāmeśvara: Oh, we saw in Orissa beach, the Jagannātha beach. The waves are coming, very big waves.
Gargamuni: No, but I've seen fishing boats. I've seen them. They're small little boats.
Prabhupāda: But they are accustomed. They can...
Rāmeśvara: We need some pretty good men if you start sailing the...
Gargamuni: Oh, yes, we'll get a good navigator, definitely.
Rāmeśvara: You'll hire someone?
Gargamuni: No, we'll get a retired man. They'd love the work. Just like we have that engineer. He's a retired engineer. We pay him some small salary...
Prabhupāda: Why you want to go by boat to the coast?
Gargamuni: Because you can't get by road. There's no roads. They're dirt roads. Many of the villages you can't get to except along the water routes.
Prabhupāda: Hm. But so far I know, it is very rough, Bay of Bengal.
Gargamuni: Well, we can invest... I know these ships in Calcutta. I saw at the pier at least five or six of these ships, these fishing boats, and they go up and down. I know if we take a...
Prabhupāda: No, if you get a big boat, that is all right, ferry boat. But if you get a small boat, the sea is very rough.