water leaks
ALICE'S ADVENTURES
ANDREW AND CELIA SHARPE
Tue 7 Dec 2010 12:21
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Yesterday was again spent with floorboards up and Andrew
trying to find the source of a leak. The bilges were again full of fresh
water. By isolating the tanks it seems that it is the hot water
cylinder that is leaking. He emptied it out and now we will watch and
see if the leaks have stopped. The port tank had emptied out and the
watermaker was acting up but finally made some water so we will see if it is
still there in the morning! At least we have a full starboard tank to get
us to St Lucia plus a lot of bottles.
Still sailing nicely. We saw another boat today
and called them up. It was the Norwegian boat Rikaros again. We last
went past them on Wednesday, both went in different directions and crossed paths
again. We had a chat with them before they went off on a different
course to us. We know those boats are fast as its a Bavaria 46 like Scath.
ETA in St Lucia is Sunday if the winds stay the
same.
ALICE
Update at 11.14 UTC.
Still some water in the port tank so probably is the hot
water cylinder that has failed. Just hope we can get it sorted out in St
Lucia. Still the cold water is not freezing any more!
In the last 150 miles we have averaged 8.2 knots!
Broad reach with genoa and main. It felt like a roller coaster so nobody
slept much. New top speed is 12.6 knots. 834 miles to
go.
At 07.00 UTC we passed the mid Atlantic buoy about 1
to 2 miles to port.
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