Day 3. Becalmed in the Atlantic
Synijinsky
Sat 12 Nov 2022 15:05
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22:43.4N 018:00.4W
Average Speed: 7.2kt. Trip:
426nm. Wind NNE F2. Dist
to Destination (Mindelo) is 449nm.
We have been motoring since midnight. The Atlantic
is very calm and it was a beautiful starlit night. Shift pattern is 3 hour on 9
hours off which is working very well.
The chicken korma was very good but perhaps lacking a
little in spice. (Spices put on the list when we reach the Cape Verde). A
double portion was made so that is a ready meal in the freezer.
We successfully managed to re-calibrate the autopilot
and YES setting it to "solenoid" decreased its sensitivity so skips was
happy. But then it started error faulting with lost comms beeping every 10
minutes. After much searching we fixed this by turning on the aft
starboard controller (one of three controllers but apparently the
master). Now all is good. George is satisfactorily un-responsive and
Skips can sleep until 4 am when the deep sea seal on the propeller shaft started
squeaking. Argh Skips was grumpy. Turns out not to be the deep sea
seal that needed repeatedly burping but the anode brush contact to the prop
shaft that needed lubricating with fairy liquid. All now peaceful on the
good ship Nijinsky.
Skips was bored this morning so he wanted us to try
putting up the No 1 spare Genoa instead of the Yankee. Turns out the "No
1" is actually an 85% jib and much smaller, so it was taken down and the Yankee
put back up and furled away because there is no wind.
Showers work well on the boat and we all had a self
cleaning session this morning.
Food for tonight is spaghetti bolognaise. Again we
will make a double portion and freeze half. We will need to choose a nice
wine to with the Spag Bol!
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