GWYLAN BLOG : THURSDAY 19TH NOVEMBER

Gwylan
Charles Manby
Sat 21 Nov 2009 17:00
Dear Gwyrlan fans,
 
As Blogger of the Day I am pleased to report the following events from to-day :
 
* Excellent weather : a punishing 24 degrees C, which means shorts and T shirts,
 
* Crew  : is now complete : Carsten arrived as planned,
 
* Food stocks : continue to build, we are fully confident in having enough food to last until some time in March,
 
* Mechanical niggles : Tom has managed to rebuild the emergency bilge pump and (with Lara's assistance) rig a second spinaker halyard,
 
Electronic niggles : James has got the satellite e-mail working again, but not without a few gratuitous comments towards Microsoft,
 
Crew morale : seems to be holding up, due in part to some sea swimming and a friendly Oyster sponsored drinks party,
 
* Lucky : the Pakeman Teddy Bear has settled in well and is looking forward to his first sail tomorrow. 
 
Plans for tomorrow include getting the short wave radio working and going for a short sail to check gear and the all important Parasailor. 
 
Best wishes to all our shore based followers,
 
The Crew of the Good Yacht Gwylan