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Day 2
16:45hrs Scott goes to sleep
Interest: Floating nets and debris. Birds (swift type with white
ass, black body) playing just inches above water. 2 Loggerhead
Turtles. Thousands of ‘blue bottles’.
Saw yacht to East of us est. 6nm heading same direction. Turned on
Radar reflector
Scott still feeling queasy, threw up early in morning.
Water maker working perfectly. Was a little apprehensive about it
but now feel confident that all is well. Produced 9 litres. Had to
run a pipe from 10litre container gravity feeding water maker with
salt water as bubbles on hull intake creating air pockets.
El Hierro still visible. Plan to celebrate with a beer as soon as
out of sight of land. |
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Solar panel not getting enough sun to
recharge batteries. Question on mind, will the batteries last the
trip. Should have bought new ones but I guess we are already taking
a chance being out here and never had the money in the first place
to get them new. Educated risk we took so… stick to what we know!
19:00hrs N 27° 06.630’ W 018° 13.573’
Distance to Bar 2466N.M
Track 242? Distance 90N.M
Conditions: am. Sloppy pm. swells becoming flatter, less speed…
16:22hrs End day 2
35N.M logged
N27°06.630
W18°13.573 |
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January 25, 2004 |
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Day 3
Celebrated loss of sight of land by each having a can of beer.
Slight following breeze and minimal swell throughout the day.
Boat still feeling heavy.
Emptied water out of deck hatches and moved food to dry
compartments.
Saw a dorada, Brett threw in a hand line but nothing biting . Rowed
together. There was not a bit of apprehension in either of our minds
with not seeing land. This was our dream to be out here. We had
struggled so much and had visualised, dreamt, and now we were… in
our elements.
16:22hrs End Day 3
50N.M logged
N 26° 39.959’
W 018° 54.508’
136N.M covered to date |
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January 26, 2004 |
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Day 4
06:00hrs Sighted white light of another small vessel to the east,
maybe row boat?
09:15hrs Wind changed to SE with cross swell. Otherwise flat sea.
15:00hrs Chopped ‘sea-me’ pole shorter as it was casting shadow on
solar panels. Need max sunshine on it to assist in charging
batteries.
16:22hrs End Day 4
46N.M logged
N 26° 12.868’
W 019° 36.619’ |
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