Rock pools
Zepher
Chris & Lyn Darch
Sun 6 Jul 2008 21:49
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Hi Folks,
Another day of maintenance with Lyn completing the
sail repair to the Yankee , the wind abated in the evening and we hauled it down
toot sweet before it came up again.
Commenced the hull cleaning , what a sight we
new it was a bit more than usual but when we got down under the hull it looked
like a Cornish rock pool , with the goose barnacles,which have a soft stem
coming out from a hard foot that anchors them to the hull , beautiful sight with
them all swaying in the current , those buggers had started to gestate in the
Galapagos I guess and grown all through our passage to the Maaqusers, didn't
last long though with sharp flat scrapers we converted them to fish food in
about three hrs , lots of happy fish about , none though of a bigger size to eat
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With the constant 15 to 20 knt wind it seems
more like the Caribbean now, as the pacific trades are now at there height ,
they usually blow full strength from July till August so we should have a good
passage from here to the Tuamotos .
Exploration this afternoon ashore , we have
been meaning to go for a few days but our maintenance tasks seem to have taken
us more time than we anticipated , will let you know tomorrow how we got on with
the locals .
A fully maintained crew
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