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Piccolo
Andrew Yates
Tue 2 Jun 2009 13:36
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After 4 days of cracking sailing on course with
force 4/5 winds and an average speed of 7.5 knots, we are reluctantly motoring
as the winds have dropped substantially and gone onto the nose..... this was
forecast for more settled weather and the rising barometer is matching the
weather...........no idea what the forecast holds for the next three days but we
are hoping to be in by Saturday.
A little engine maintenance again today as the
engine is not charging batteries so well (fuel cell still not charging) and
their was a little rubber burning smell and whirring noise from the
engine....when investigated by Heidi and Sam, (Mathew in bed and Katie
doing extended watch to compensate for being late on watch again!) we found the
fan belt to be loose....tightened and hey presto whirring noise and burning
smell stopped.
Amazing sunrise this morning ....something has to
make getting up at 4am worthwhile. Since we are motoring, it is jobs
day and Mathew and Sam are currently on deck trying to rig something to stop the
copious amounts of water coming down the mast and onto Sams bed.....good luck
boys. Mathew is drying his bed out as when on Starboard tack
he gets quite a lot of water in his cabin from the cockpit area as no drain
holes in the corners. And of course we have been on Starboard tack
for 20 days out of the 22 days at sea!
Katie is rebelling at having to eat the fresh food
first and wants to tuck into a nice healthy ramen noodle packet instead of
the fresh salad we bought ("I would like more salad please"......was
requested quite recently) I think the two days of eating Ryvitas have
done that but then she will not admit they taste like
cardboard.....
The midnight chocolate muncher is having to work
harder as the chocolate supply.....limited and depleting quickly, has been
distrubuted in various hiding places around the boat so that they might
think there is less and we all get to have some.
Sam had a shower yesterday but so far no one else
has come forward and desiring one....I must admit I quite like the baby wipe
baths and not having to change clothes too much as we all smell the
same....except for Sam now.
Life at sea huh! so exciting.....will
understand if you do not tune in tommorow!
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