Now we are a fuel tanker!
Southern Princess
John & Irene Hunt
Wed 27 Feb 2008 17:40
And we deliver! Got a call at around 08:00 this
morning from an Italian 28' yacht 'EVASIONE'. 'Annemare' one of the WARC fleet
had tried to refuel her but could not get fuel from their tanks. We arrived at
01:09S 87:48W at 11:30 and the crew off Evasione floated their drums over to us
on a long line, we filled them and returned them the same way. Took only about
15 minutes to do the job and they were most generous. When I checked what they
had sent over, they had paid double for the fuel and a nice bottle of red. Will
have to make change in the Galapagos.
A lot of our fleet have been using up lots of fuel
as we have had a negative current against us the whole way so far. A three day
trip is turning into a fourth night and a half day tomorrow.
Saw a large manta ray jumping and slamming the sea
with it's wings, a mob of dolphins rounding up a large school of tuna, a report
from Kealoha of a dead whale about 50 feet long and we still haven't caught
anything.
No wind, Irene is hanging laundry on the aft deck
and Lorraine is making sweet corn fritters for lunch!
Thank you to Helen C for looking up the Ocean of
Storms and the answers to R are:
Riga
Latvia
Rangoon Myanmar
Road Town Tortola British Virgin Islands (Caribbean)
Roseau (Rosso) Dominica (Island in the Caribbean)
Rabat Morocco
Rome Italy
Reykjavik Iceland
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Rarotonga Cook Islands (This is a new one to me!)
Rangoon Myanmar
Road Town Tortola British Virgin Islands (Caribbean)
Roseau (Rosso) Dominica (Island in the Caribbean)
Rabat Morocco
Rome Italy
Reykjavik Iceland
Riyadh Saudi Arabia
Rarotonga Cook Islands (This is a new one to me!)
The tanker!
The fuel transfer! A tiny
boat.