There by breakfast
Position: 32,5.12N , 16,57.20W
Speed: 3 knots, Course: 34 deg.
UTC Time: 14. August 2006 20:13
Motoring.It is surprising when you see the Atlantic Ocean as flat and calm as your local village pond but that is how it is right now. An oily, glassy, shiny, blanket of water. It's beautiful. Not a ripple or a wave. No wind at all. Which was fantastic when we saw a family of whales not to far away. They disappeared when we got close. Shame.This means that we are motoring and as it goes we are moving at a speed close to walking speed. We are not going faster since this would get us to port in the middle of the night. Not a sensible option. Going this slow also uses less fuel which is now down to the last 20 litres. Today we stopped the boat and went for a swim. Diving off a yacht in the middle of the ocean and swimming around is something I have thought about doing. It was as scary as I imagined. No sharks, no beasties. We had a look at the underside where clinging to the hull were lots of barnacles. How they managed to attach themselves to the hull whilst we were moving is a mystery. We tried to get them off but they are stuck on fast. Will need to get the boat out of the water and give it a good scrub.
We enjoyed our first hot shower since Cape Town courtesy of my solar shower. Basically a 20 litre plastic bag with a shower head attached to a tube. Fill it up, lay it in the sunshine with the black side up and a while later you can enjoy a hot shower. Fantastic. It is great to have the salt off the body. Then we spent the afternoon packing our belongings and getting ready for our landfall.
The log has not be reliable so I am not sure exactly how many miles we have traveled but I would say that it has been over 6,000 miles. 41 days since leaving Cape Town. Three months since I left London. As long as the engine holds up we will be there by breakfast.
Time for dinner.
Speed: 3 knots, Course: 34 deg.
UTC Time: 14. August 2006 20:13
Motoring.It is surprising when you see the Atlantic Ocean as flat and calm as your local village pond but that is how it is right now. An oily, glassy, shiny, blanket of water. It's beautiful. Not a ripple or a wave. No wind at all. Which was fantastic when we saw a family of whales not to far away. They disappeared when we got close. Shame.This means that we are motoring and as it goes we are moving at a speed close to walking speed. We are not going faster since this would get us to port in the middle of the night. Not a sensible option. Going this slow also uses less fuel which is now down to the last 20 litres. Today we stopped the boat and went for a swim. Diving off a yacht in the middle of the ocean and swimming around is something I have thought about doing. It was as scary as I imagined. No sharks, no beasties. We had a look at the underside where clinging to the hull were lots of barnacles. How they managed to attach themselves to the hull whilst we were moving is a mystery. We tried to get them off but they are stuck on fast. Will need to get the boat out of the water and give it a good scrub.
We enjoyed our first hot shower since Cape Town courtesy of my solar shower. Basically a 20 litre plastic bag with a shower head attached to a tube. Fill it up, lay it in the sunshine with the black side up and a while later you can enjoy a hot shower. Fantastic. It is great to have the salt off the body. Then we spent the afternoon packing our belongings and getting ready for our landfall.
The log has not be reliable so I am not sure exactly how many miles we have traveled but I would say that it has been over 6,000 miles. 41 days since leaving Cape Town. Three months since I left London. As long as the engine holds up we will be there by breakfast.
Time for dinner.
Comments
guess the adventure is over for a bit! i will miss the updates and the vicarious sailing. glad you use the south african "shame"!! anyway looking good! well done and enjoy being home!
keep smiling love nola
Alan