Day 6 Lisbon to Las Palmas
Beoga's Madventure
Henry and Marina Lupton
Wed 28 Oct 2009 09:06
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LIke a pond yesterday and through to this
morning.
Marine Life has finally appeared! We are not alone
on the planet.
Niall spotted a small turtle ( about 2 foot in
diameter) in the water, we stopped but it seemed half dead. Maybe we are alone
on the planet.....
Over the rest of the morning there more, actve this
time but shy.
We noticed a pong in the fore cabin so we unloaded
everything to discover why the slabs of coca cola was on offer in Dunnes
Stores!
Pinholes had developed in most of the cans and had
leaked and covered some sails and gear. The coke didnt smell but the cooking of
the sugary sails certainly did!
I took advantage of the empty lockers to mount
securing eyes, cargo straps and loops to hold down the gear and thumbscrews to
hold the lid in place. Remainder of the day was coke fuelled, and most of the
crew dont drink it. For a while I thought Id be able to do the entire night
watch on my own. There was talk of lashing me to the mast but hanging off the
back kicking seemed a more energy efficient solution.
Ran the watermaker again and had a brief concern
when it cut out. Thankfully it was air and bleeding had it happily working
again. Not huge quantities but should allow us to avoid being offensive on the
arc.
Lots of excitement as the AIS finally showed a ship
that we would actually see and that would actually come close to us. As it
neared however a pod of Pilot whales arrived. At least I think thats what they
were, otherwise the porpoises around here are on serious steroids and its
affecting the shape of their noses!
We stopped and watched for a while in a beautiful
sunset but they werent interested in us and continued slowly in the other
direction. We wonder if they are called pilots for a reason.
The washed sugar coated sails were packed up
after the and we settled down to pizza for dinner. Not a gas friendly food in
case you ever wondered. Took almost an hour to do 5. Others might suggest it was
down to my culinary skills and the fact that Lara was limited to providing
indigredients that would allow me to produce something edible that didnt involve
stopping in the local chinese, indian and frozen foods section. They chose to
eat in the dark of the cockpit the romantic lot that they are and for the first
time there were left overs! Clearly Im too generous with the
portions.
Night watch was much less boring last night. Plenty
of ships as we are in shipping lanes now to the islands. A few diversions were
required including one to avoid a squall. We got lucky on the weather as there
was lightning east and west of us. Expect to arrive mid afternoon. Lots to do over the
next few weeks and final provisioning and ultimate waste management will be
interesting.
Present position 28:42.9N 15:01.3W. spanish
courtesy flag being hoisted as i type. VHF sqwaking.
Talk of steak and beer on board.
H
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