La Coruna

Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Fri 7 Sep 2007 17:13
43:22.06N 008:23.19W

A day in La Coruna fixing things and looking around the town. Had lunch in
the marina restaurant and went looking for supermarkets and chandlers.

Most of the things to fix were the result of Bay of Biscay violence. These
are:

Saltwater in the freshwater tanks. (not sure how but we think the anchor
locker filled up and water got forced into the tank overflow)

Batteries not charging properly (looks like a loose battery terminal caused
by the batteries shifting slightly)

The shackle holding the anchor on to the chain came undone with all the
shaking. Nothing lost but a bit scary. Now fixed on with an extra cable tie

Also the satellite phone email is not working too well. (a blog update has
been sent every day but now I'm on a faster connection I see they didn't
arrive. Might not be able to get that fixed until Las Palmas.