Galapgos to Marquesas.......First Night Drama!
Nakesa
Tue 29 May 2012 14:59
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1 52.98S 92 04.791W Galapagos to Marquesas.......First Night Drama! Well we are 15 hours in and 120miles closer to our
destination but the odd thing is that we have been close hauled..we have a
southerly wind of 20 knots..now that is not what it said on the tin! It is fast
but uncomfortable!!
Crew adjusting to life aboard (sleeping), and we
have 50 new pirated movies to watch so all looking forward to a few weeks at
sea.
We had what is now our customery early passage
challenge/scare, 1 hour out and generator stopped as did wc flushing and
freezer!!!!! WE had also had the deck wash fail on taking up the anchor..with
incredible powers of deduction I investigated the main water inlet to find a
plastic bag and a whole box fish jammed up the
seacock..I couldnt even close it..... some time later after my head down
the bilge with a screwdriver and a pair of pliers, I produced a huge water
spout through the un-tapped hole and the remains of a very sorry looking
fish..pipe on and back to normal...just a near sinking!!!.......another normal
night at sea!!
Galapagos turned out to be a lot of fun, the
wild-life was more evident in the anchorage especially when
Tranquility...NOT arrived but the animals were amazing
too. Atlanta actually played in the water with a sea lion and I dived with
hammerheads and manta rays..great stuff..!!
Aston had a great birthday..yet another Nintendo
DS, more Lego and as he is now a teenager a Leatherman for all of his work
before the mast!!
Thanks for your messages to my last 'round robin' e
mail..great to get through the night hours on watch!
Hope you are all having fun wherever you are, sadly
there is one address less this time as one of my best friend's, Chris Honey,
passed away last week...for those that didnt know him he was a larger than life
character with a passion for fun and life, isn't it always the way!!....we will
drink to 'absent friends' in his honour this and every Sunday ...for
the rest of us yet another wake up call to just get on with it!!!
What adventure next???? Motorcycling around he
world perhaps?!!
Take care and fair winds (some chance)
Graham
SY Nakesa
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