Scurvy ?
L'Esprit de la Mer
Dr Chris Bates
Sat 6 Apr 2013 14:38
04 26 80 S 98 12 48 W
There has a line of cumulus cloud astern at 0700hrs
which has caught up and is associated with a 2m swell.Wind speed is unchanged at
15knt and the boat sails with a 5 degree heel.Boat speed is 7.4knt and has been
all night.Yesterdays run 0800-0800 was 168 nm so 7knt average exactly.There is
2400nm to run to my waypoint 100nm east of the northern tip of the
Marquesa.
Slept well.No ships seen.
Getting on well with Capt Aubrey in the Surprise
was by coincidence is sailing thes waters but 300 years ago and slightly slower
speed than I.
Down to my last orange so scurvey a
possibility?Probably not at this rate of knots but a few teeth falling out could
be beneficial in view of the difficulty of seeing a dentist in
Wales
chris
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