Nearly there
Moorglade's Voyage
Ted Wilson
Mon 1 Jul 2013 16:32
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Our position is 39:26.35N 32:12.00W
Distance logged in last 24 hours 159
Nm
Over the last few days we have been running the
engine on easy revs, partly because we are short of lubricating oil since the
incident with the oil pressure gauge pipe. Late yesterday evening things became
more serious as the oil level in the sump became critical, and the oil pressure
was dropping. The only remedy was to strain the oil we had scooped and mopped up
from the engine room bilge, after the pipe burst, and put it back in. Kitchen
paper proved not to be porous enough for the filter so an old T shirt was
sacrificed and used double thickness to remove the worst of the contamination.
It has done the trick, and with oil pressure and oil temperature restored to
normal we have felt able to run at higher revs. This along with a now calm sea
has improved our speed and we are hopeful of making our way point of the south
west of Flores by about 19:30 and having enough daylight left to do the next 5
Nm or so to Porto das Lajes.
We will report our arrival when it happens, no
counting of unhatched chickens here.
P.S. As I was about to send this diary entry Jim
has spotted land, rising steeply from the sea. But for the mist in the distance
it would have been visible for some time. (chickens remain
uncounted)
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