Day 2 of 2nd leg
Piccolo
Andrew Yates
Sat 30 May 2009 13:13
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Great sailing as the wind picked up last night to
15-18knots from a southerly direction so we were able to cruise at 8Knots on
course. The sea and wind have picked up so both the Main and Genoa are
reefed and we are still cruising along on course at 8knots. A low
pressure was meant to pass over the Azores today but we should be far enough
away from it to only feel some moderate repercussions.
Wimbledon came early for us as last night Katie
made a delicious pasta dish and we followed that with local (Azorian)
strawberries and cream.....just a little first day treat, we don't eat deserts
normally. More traffic than we are used to as we saw 4 boats last
night and had to take avoiding action to what we can only assume was a fishing
boat....it had so many lights on it was impossible to make out its navigation
lights.
All good apart from the foreward heads valve had
been left open and I came off watch to find the heads floor inches deep in piss
water...... great fun.... no one owned up to leaving valve like that so yours
truly had to bail it out (we were on the wrong tack for it to go into shower
drain) then use some of our vital water supplies to clean and disinfect.... next
time that happens it will be someone elses job!
Sunshine and a spray hood would be welcome if
anyone has any clout with the big man!
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