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Free Spirit - Log 5: 13 May 2015



Today from Carole's perspctive
 
What a beautiful day!  The sun is out, the sky is blue, the sea is blue and calm but ....we have no wind.  There is less than 200 miles togo to Bermuda but with under 5 knots of wind it is going to take forever....there is nothing for it but to switch on the engne to propel us on our way.  What a shame...but if the wind picks up a little later we might try again with beautiful Mr Parasailor.
So now it is time to do those things which are impossible when the boat is tossing every one and everything it can all over the place.  It's on days like these that one comes to appreciate the simple pleasures in life.....like just being able to stand up without holding on for dear life!!
So the boat has been cleaned, the washing hung out to dry and the fishing rods are out in the hope of a catch for dinner tonight. And, there is always something to do on the boat.  Today is a day for pumping out the water which has accumulated in the anchor locker.  The other compartments for the bow thruster and windlass are now completely dried out.  So now the problem is to find out why the water is not draining out of the anchor locker??  Has the sump pump broken??  Is there a sump pump??  No!!!!  Just a blocked drain?  Well then why don't you just unblock it?  Yeah!!  Problem fixed!!
Well there we are, it is still a beautiful day.  Time to think about that salad Nicoise for lunch.
Log authored by Carole


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