Sunday in the bay
Salsa af Stavsnas
Ellinor Ristoff Staffan Ehde
Mon 24 Jun 2013 04:28
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Today we decided to make it a free day for Erika,
no school.
And it is strange, as soon as we know that, lot´s
of projects gets going.
Ellinor wanted to take off mold on the sprayhood so
I was fighting screws to get it off.
Then we decided to check the compartments in the
aft, for animals, dirt and other fun stuff that can occur in a damp
place.
It all looked surprisingly clean.
Ellinor started to clean the sprayhood with salt
water and lemonjuce (recomendation from Mary, thanks!).
I decided to measure the 24 alternator in the
engine since I suspected that it gave not full power. Well it went very well
after tightning up the fan belt to it.
Next thing I felt pain in my stomach and went to
bed, jumped the lunch and fell asleep.
It has been with me all day, but I feel better if I
do not eat.
The afternoon we where at the beach with four other
boats. This deserted place looked like a resort with kids
everywhere.
Markus from the boat Supermolly made a fire, bbq:d
some fresh tuna that was great.
It was hard to get the kids back on board before
dark. It gets dark already at 5.30 and the sun comes up 12 hours
later.
But even if it is dark the temperature s around 29
degrees celsius.
Dag our DP reminded us that since we have ben out a
year it is time for AS, Annual Survey, so I have started doing
that.
It is all about checking everything on board,
especially the safety equipment that tendas to just sit there and may nt work
when you need it. I have also learned that everything you want to work should be
started at least once a week. The strangest thing is to start the heaters in
this heat. We are counting on makeing a real good AS in Papete, once we get
there. Im not going to force open any fittings in the hull without having proper
support nearby. Here you cannot count on anything at all. There are no
facilities whatsoever.
Tomorrow we go to Hiva Oa and count on wifi and a
possibility to upload pictures.Hope it works!
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