Nearing Cocos Keeling
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Mon 24 Sep 2012 11:28
11:34.2S 097:58.6E 70 miles to
go
We should get in at around 3am local time, all
being well. Unfortunately we just had the evening SSB radio net and heard
that several boats are having problems.
Gunvor has a loose spreader and is having to motor
the rest of the way in. It is fortunate that they are only 70 miles away
from Cocos so they do not have to use much fuel to get there. Let's hope
the spreader is an easy fix when at anchor because they will not be able to
motor all the way across the Indian Ocean. We are 25 miles north
of them, and there are a couple of other boats even closer, so there is
assistance at hand if they need it, but currently they have secured the spreader
to stop it banging against the mast and they are motoring along
fine.
Ruby has some kind of loose plate and they have had
to bring down their Parasailor. I believe they are still sailing with
white sails so it is not as severe a problem as with Gunvor.
The guys on Beatoo ate a bad fish and are not
feeling well.
Our broken prop shaft brake is insignificant
compared with the challenges some people are facing.
Tonight we have lamb chops with sweet potato mash
for dinner. Here is a photo of one of the sweet potatoes, which was trying
to escape from the hold. |
