Graptolite - Westbound to Sri Lanka

Graptolite's Sailing Log
Martyn Pickup & Heike Richter
Wed 14 Jan 2009 16:53
07:45.53N 097:47.73E Andaman Sea, Wednesday 14th January PM

The welder was way too busy for a house-call. We solved it by propping the
engine up on paperback books so we could take the mounting to Mohammed (the
Volvo-Penta agent) for welding. It took a couple of goes and the first try
had it, not usefully, welded on upside down. Several taxi rides across the
island later and we had the engine going which was just as well as were
dragging anchor again and starting to bang into a dive boat next to us.

We said farewell to Bonnie who was going home to the US and Colin, Leon and
their intrepid skipper headed out of Chalong Bay in the early evening. It
looks like it will be a fast sail to Galle, Sri Lanka and we should be there
in six or seven days.

M