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Shiva - Log day 10 - Halfway and still enjoying



December 2, 2015 – As the salty sea and the strong wind can damage many little things on board we daily make a ‘chaving round’ so to check if all lines are clear and still quality conform. During today’s round we discovered that we had a couple of flying fish on deck. Mariette had already seen one jumping into the boat during her night shift and this morning there were 3 more on the front deck. Now we could examine them from close! Interesting birds, uh, fish.

 

We’ve sailed 188 miles in the last 24 hours. A nice distance thanks to the steady wind of 15 to 20 knots. We are more than halfway now!

 

Over the last days we have of course collected a fair share of garbage with 6 people on board and no collective garbage company. So we have our own system in trash management: compostable garbage can be thrown overboard; plastic trash is cut into small pieces and collected in one big, empty water bottle; metal trash like cans are smashed flat with a hammer and collected in one bag; all other is collected in a big bag in the back of the ship. Our aim is to arrive in Saint Lucia with as little as possible garbage of course.

 

Besides the garbage system we have a Shiva water system. The availability and usage of fresh water is something we need to think of in our daily life on board. We left Las Palmas with 500 liter of water in the tanks. We use it for cooking, cleaning, everything actually so we try to limit the usage as much as possible. A daily shower is therefore not part of the daily routine on board…! We are flexible and creative in finding ways to use it as efficiently as possible and even wash our hair now and then. If needed there is a water maker on board which can turn sea water into fresh water, around 50 liter per hour. The power the water maker needs comes from the Watt&Sea that is hanging in the water behind the boat and generating power. A nice system! It enabled us to take a real shower on the back of the boat!

 

As you can read, we keep ourselves busy! Even more so, we had a visit of Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet who asked us to draw straws and write a poem for another crew member. In 3 days from now they’ll be back and we will be celebrating Sinterklaas!

 



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