Some good steady sailing over the last 24 hours,
covering 180 miles. Changed back to a starboard reach early yesterday and have
had pretty good wind ever since, though some variable patches. Bringing the pole
in, the inboard end tripped, detaching itself from the mast, so we were dancing
around on the foredeck for a while with the weight of the pole but all was fine
and we secured the release catch to prevent that recurring.
The faulty sump float switch was replaced, so
that's all working again too.
Now we are 3 days out, the 'Oyster Feet'
are finally starting to heal. This is a condition brought on by catching
numerous deck fittings inside your little toe. The first time you do it, it
hurts....by the time you have done it several times to the same toe, the pain
increases significantly......and there are a lot of deck fittings!
We have been fishing for two days and got a
bite.....must have been a big one....it took the lure and most of the line from
one rod before the line snapped....oh well, we probably didn't want to
land anthing that size anyway.
We continue to have enjoyable conversations with
Juno on SSB radio, it's fun to compare notes and be ridiculed for using the
engine!
We had Fajitas for dinner last night as some of the
peppers are not lasting well and needed to be eaten. Dessert was a slice of
Amanda's delicious carrot cake. Also had an attempt at making ciabatta bread in
a new floppy carbon thingy that acts the mixing bowl, kneading board and cooking
tin....results will be tested for breakfast shortly.