21 28N 61 31W
Osprey
John Bowering
Mon 18 May 2009 19:37
SC Ted remains in overal control, from his central command position on the pilot house wheel - quite how he can stomach being upside down is beyond the rest of the crew but he assures everyone it is good for his chakras! Speaking of being upside down, sunset last night saw Osprey's first problem - as is usual John started the generator for its evening hour run, but quickly noticed the cooling water was not flowing out of the stern and the unit soon shutdown. John went head first into the engine compartment, and very quickly diagnosed a broken impellar - this had to be replaced, a tricky enough job in harbour but more so at sea. Anyway John managed it, with the comment "only sick under the engine twice, not bad!"
The relatively calmness of the sea and Osprey's motion has allowed for some housekeeping, various crew members have had showers and done washing. So now we appear to have a bunting of Chuddies along our starboard rail. Also, with Charles regaining his appetite the immense task of reducing the food mountain has begun - John & Charles are looking forward to Kuki's Tuna Tomatoe creation tonight with new potatoes. Kuki on the other hand is still on her liquid diet and, now & then feeling the need to feed the fish but she has ventured to the cockpit more today and managed the odd morsel so there is sign of impending return to normal - this is amply reinforced by the increased amount of talking.
So for now, Osprey continues to chug north motor sailing, festooned with chuddies and generally in high spirits.