We Find a Mouse
The Travels of Running Tide
Mick Norman
Sun 20 Jul 2014 12:17
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Our position at 12 00 on 20 July is
46:03.0N 016:23.4W . We have about 490 nm to run to Land’s End and we have
completed 100 nm in the last day. Seven full days completed.
19 July – The return of blue skies and
gentler winds. I have traced the leak that caused my bunk to get a soaking and
applied a bit of mastic. Hopefully that we will sort it. The sunshine has
enabled me to dry out the mattress and my sleeping bag, so back to normal I
hope. their is little possibility of a repeat performance tonight as the winds
are much lighter and forecast to stay that way for a while. An easier day
has given us the opportunity to give Monica a bit of TLC with renewed lines
around the pulleys.
Things quietened down in the evening
and we had the feeling that the wind was going to die on us as it had on a
previous evening. Isolated rain clouds can negate light winds completely and
this was the effect we were experiencing. Wind direction and strength was
working against us. After causing some concern the rain clouds cleared up and we
had steady but light wind conditions throughout the night.
July 20 – We limp on through a starlit
night with the speed falling at times to 1.5 kts. At 06 00 things picked up a
bit and with the wind directly on our tail now we goosed winged the main and
head sail on port tack and pressed on. It is a beautiful day but quite cool, not
the heat wave being experienced in UK. Our friends the shearwaters are there
swooping and gliding in between the waves.
This blog nearly didn’t get sent. I
had a problem with the touch pad on my HP Probook. It just locked up and won’t
let me use it. There is a little light in the top left hand corner of the
touchpad which is lit and an icon comes up on the screen telling me the touchpad
is disabled. I have tried all ways to get it enabled. I’m sure there is
something that is simple that will free it up but it has defeated me at the
moment. That’s when I remembered that I had a mouse lurching somewhere in my
cabin. It had been there for the last two years unused and unloved and now came
to the rescue. It works fine. I guess finding this mouse doesn’t compare with
invasion of ants in Granada and the snake we found on board in Cuba and the
various birds that has inhabited RT over the last two
years. |