7 August 2011 7 days at sea
The EJ's Voyage
Mike Everton-Jones
Sun 7 Aug 2011 23:21
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After battling the nasty front for 24hrs the wind
finally dropped down yesterday at 4pm. Thanks to our reliable FALBALA and to our
captain's skills we went through it without damage. It was hairy at times
though! Scutch, shame you were not here. You would have loved it!!! The sea
eventually calmed down late afternoon and we had a glimpse at the sun
through a still very cloudy sky. Actually the wind dropped down so much
that we had to turn the engine on for a few hours. How ironic is that after what
we had just been through!
Only one casualty: our Basil plant flew overboard.
We fear that Fred, our gecko, was in the plant and therefore may be lost. Poor
Fred!
They are still a lot of clouds hanging around today
but there are large patches of blue sky in between. The swell has increased a
bit again so we do not know if it means that there is another front coming our
way. I hope not!
480nm to go to our destination, i.e. Vav'au in
Tonga, Northern group of islands.
I didn't mention that Mike had to go up the mast
the other day to fix the fog loudhailer speaker that had become loose and
was hanging from its electrical wire. Luckily it is on the first crosstree so he
didn't have to go all the way up. The sea was fairly calm then but still I was
happy to see him back on deck after the repair.
Mike will have another attempt at fishing
today...
So we are both well if not a little tired. For our
first long passage just the two of us onboard we are not doing too bad
really.
Love
Mike and Catherine
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