I thought that might get your attention.
I should be working on a tabloid, because while that headline is strictly speaking true, it does somewhat overdramatise the situation . But be honest dear reader; if I had put "Boat Has Leaky Tap!" which would more accurately reflect the true position, would you have even got this far?
But let me explain...
From early on in our voyage, we had noticed that the fresh water tanks were going down much faster than we expected. Tank No 1 went down to just 1/4 full in just over a week. We suspected a leak, because we had been quite careful with our water consumption, not taking showers, using the salt water tap which feeds directly from the sea wherever possible and so on, but a quick check couldn't find anything amiss. So we though it was simply that we must have been using more than we should and vowed to be more careful in future.
We switched over to Tank 2, so that if that ran out at least we would know we still had a 1/4 left in tank 1. We were now super frugal in the water usage, other than the salt water tap, which of course we could use with gay abandon.
But even so, earlier today, tank 2 ran out.
There must be a leak.
Quick as a flash, Cap'n Ju grabbed his new Halford's monkey wrench, donned his multi-purpose Leatherman and set out to solve The Mystery of the Disappearing Water.
But perhaps dear reader, you are ahead of me.
Did you spot the clues?.
That's right. It was the salt water tap whatdunnit.
When he followed the pipes through, he discovered that it could be set to feed from either the salt water, or the freshwater tanks. And guess what? Cap'n Ju had it set to come from the fresh water tanks.
Doh!
The good news is that we found it in time. We still have 1/4 of tank 1 which is the big tank. We have more than enough bottled drinking water, and so much Red Bull that we could probably fly to St Lucia.
But once that's all gone, we're down to champagne.
832 Miles to go!
Keep on trackin'
Ju & Lyn
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