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Blonde Moment - blog 5 day 3



we had a good sail overnight, level pegging with Devona until early morning when a wind shift required a change in sail plan -no asymmetric and onto a poled out head sail and they sailed off in to the distance with there Parasailor pulling well.

As the day progress the winds eased and in order to save the sails from being destroyed by the constant flogging it would be time to start the engine and put the sails away.

I am not sure what it is about the hour of sunset but it seems to be the time that problems appear and this evening was no exception....

The electric WC pump decided to stop! This has been an on going problem for a couple of month and I hope a new pump will be in Horta on our arrival. To sort the problem requires removal of the pump - easy you may think ......no the designers in their infinite wisdom use 7 bolts 2 of which you cannot see and require a" trained mouse" to get in the space to remove ... 3 hrs later all good and back working again

I just hope that this the end of the rushed evening repairs for this trip !

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