Sunday

Tranquilizer
Sail Ionian
Sat 14 May 2011 05:43

Location: Latitude/longitude 26:01:45N 052:48:23W precisely

 

Dan thought I was writing the blog yesterday and I visa versa, hence no blog on Saturday covering Fridays excitement. You did not miss much except our location which was 24:26:1N 054:40:8W at 1400 UT or 1500 BST (British summer timer).

 

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Saturday:

We made fresh water from salt water for the first time during this trip and the water even tastes nice, alas we lost it all again because 1) someone had forgotten to check all the tabs, before turning the water-pump on and 2) someone had opened a tap by mistake. It is easily done and have unfortunately been practised 2 times previously, this time we did not hear the waterpump running nor the water in the head, because the engine was running, resulting in loss of almost all the water made earlier in the day.

The solution was implement this morning by taping the tap closed!

 

We are all interested in nature or more to the point the sea, hence our current whereabouts, but the highlight of yesterday was the whale spotting, there was at leat two if not more, the one I saw was a small chap as whales go, only about 40 foot long, black as sinn, but very graceful, the only sound to be heard was when it was exhaling through its blowhole. The following picture is called "Spot the whales". Hint there are two to be seen.

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We also watched a school of flying fish this morining, someone once said they can not fly, if that is so how come some of them covered at least 10 meters flight? The exits the water vertically gaining a bit of hight (about a meter) and off they go, a very smart defence mechanism, pitty they have so little control over their flight, we do find the occational flying-fish on the foredeck in the morning. You can almost imagien the little chap saying "Oh dear, now look what you made me do!"

 

 

On that note, we wish you a peacefull Sunday Per F

 

 



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