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Farr Gone Blog
Stuart Cannon
Mon 20 Jun 2011 22:21
Currently 16.5 miles from Suwarro Lagoon. I've decided to stop after I fell asleep a couple of times at what could have been innapropriate times. Last night was fairly rough with an undisciplined swell causing a serious lack of comfort so it was easier to handsteer and forget the naps. Now I'm paying for it though as I'm having trouble staying awake. Suwarro is supposed to be beautiful so a quick stop wont hurt. Its 500nm's to Samoa which should take me less than 5 days. The problem with that is that arrivals can only be processed during the week so i could arrive and be forced to sit on the boat for a couple of days. I'm not certain of this but thats what the noonsite webpage says and its fairly authoritative. So a day in Suwarro will mean I should arrive in Samoa on Sunday or Monday which would be more convenient. Sounds like another long winded excuse for I need a rest. And I do.
I started to do this entry and happenned to look at the sat phone which was connected from last time and was showing 22 hours used. Not possible, I disconnected properly etc. Naturally I freaked and thought I had used up all my precious minutes. Fortunately I hadn't, it was just the phone playing up. A sat phone is a great thing, and hopefully one day all phones use this system but the phones themselves are reminiscent of the clunkers of the eighties. Basic and troublesome. An Iphone version is needed.
The fridge has also been causing trouble and I finally discovered a bag of risotto blocking a vent and voila, it works again. I must have checked the fridge four or five times and missed it. Persistence wins.
Better go, have to negotiate my way through a coral reef into Suwarro and it looks tricky.

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