A sad loss

'Sarf & West mate, Sarf & West'
Pete Bernfeld
Sat 10 Jan 2009 18:39
18:30.100N 037:32.848W
Noon position 10/01 daily run 148.9nm
A relatively peaceful night with good progress made. At 0916 utc this morning Monica suddenly went very quiet and Ievethat the line & impellor had sheered off, probably due to successive 'snatching' loads. Anyway, once Rich had come on watch, and with Steve's asistance, we raided the Ampair stores and made good the damage. We put on the high speed impellor and knotted together two lengths of line and are now producing wiggly amps again. Ah me, the trials of life at sea!
The weather continues to be overcast with squalls, although we are all in shorts and tee shirts. Just about 1250nm to go to Barbados and all well onboard.