25 Nov - Filleting fish
Moulin Rouge
Philip Barltrop
Thu 25 Nov 2010 12:30
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21:51.970N 21:40.897W
{GMST}21|51.970|N|021|40.879|W|Filleting
fish|Filleting fish{GEND} The last 24 hours started with the chance of being quite
dull ... but rapidly changed! Initially we had to motor, as with less than 3
knots of wind we were going nowhere. The overnight watches started to get some
excitement with poor visibility for a time then the wind building (but from the
west). We are now close hauled ... I thought it was all supposed to be
downwind!
Andy heroically went for a swim to check under the boat
after some vibration was reported. Nothing was found and as we are not planning
to motor until St. Lucia we are happy. Sail trimmer Chris set the boat up as
though racing around the cans and we are making excellent progress towards our
waypoint to the north of the Cape Verde Islands ... by which time we hope to
have found some north easterly winds.
Ben and Mark caught a fish which they "think" is a
small Dorado. Dealing with the fish entertained them for some time (in excess of
an hour and a half).
Then there was the water issue. Basically dear reader,
the water maker has been used daily to fill one of our tanks. We know it is full
when it overflows which is checked a while after Walter has been pressed into
service. Philip became concerned when despite adding water to the tank the level
kept going down until it was empty. After an investigation it transpired that we
were using water from the reserve tank and thus Walter's efforts had been in
vain thus far. With some ingenuity the reserve tank was filled from the
currently very full tank ... and Walter then spent a few hours filling the
in-use tank.
Who said the day was going to be
boring?
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