On going up on deck to keep an eye out for the ship, I was kept entertained for a good half hour by a brown booby trying to land in our rigging to roost overnight – darkness was just falling.
In an emergency safety stop during her around-the-world voyage, Jeanne Socrates installs a new liferaft on Nereida.
After taking a look at the rudder reference unit in the autopilot system, we stayed on that for a time to see how it coped – and if any error messages came up…
After lowering the pole to the deck, I happened to have a look at the pin which had given a problem the other day – that was fine, but I then noticed that another big pin, holding the pole end to the mast car attachment, was nearly out of its hole! A circlip holding the end in place was missing and there was nothing to stop the pin from falling out – which it was clearly well on its way to doing …!!
After several overnight bands of squally rainclouds, with light winds in between, we’ve finally settled into a nice, sunny day with some white clouds around and fairly consistent good wind from the north.
Went to heat coffee – propane had run out!
Wednesday 7th November 2012 Wind had died down again by early morning and for most of the day – around 7 kt earlier but 10kt
Tuesday 6th November 2012 10a.m. PST – We’ve not moved far from San Francisco since leaving there yesterday morning! We’re just 55 ml W of
Sunday/Monday 4th/5th November 2012 Bright, hot sunshine again on Sunday – a busy day on the water, with lots of sailing boats around – several
Saturday 3rd November 2012 Bright, hot sunshine today, as I busied myself with several jobs while preparing to leave around 4.30pm on an ebb tide.
Friday 2nd November 2012 Up late this morning,after a good sleep, so immediately got started on trying to remove last two bolts holding old cradle
Thursday 1st November 2012 Had an excellent sleep until 10am! Then a shower and relaxed breakfast with fresh coffee while I got started on jobs
On going up on deck to keep an eye out for the ship, I was kept entertained for a good half hour by a brown booby trying to land in our rigging to roost overnight – darkness was just falling.
In an emergency safety stop during her around-the-world voyage, Jeanne Socrates installs a new liferaft on Nereida.
After taking a look at the rudder reference unit in the autopilot system, we stayed on that for a time to see how it coped – and if any error messages came up…
After lowering the pole to the deck, I happened to have a look at the pin which had given a problem the other day – that was fine, but I then noticed that another big pin, holding the pole end to the mast car attachment, was nearly out of its hole! A circlip holding the end in place was missing and there was nothing to stop the pin from falling out – which it was clearly well on its way to doing …!!
After several overnight bands of squally rainclouds, with light winds in between, we’ve finally settled into a nice, sunny day with some white clouds around and fairly consistent good wind from the north.
Went to heat coffee – propane had run out!
Wednesday 7th November 2012 Wind had died down again by early morning and for most of the day – around 7 kt earlier but 10kt
Tuesday 6th November 2012 10a.m. PST – We’ve not moved far from San Francisco since leaving there yesterday morning! We’re just 55 ml W of
Sunday/Monday 4th/5th November 2012 Bright, hot sunshine again on Sunday – a busy day on the water, with lots of sailing boats around – several
Saturday 3rd November 2012 Bright, hot sunshine today, as I busied myself with several jobs while preparing to leave around 4.30pm on an ebb tide.
Friday 2nd November 2012 Up late this morning,after a good sleep, so immediately got started on trying to remove last two bolts holding old cradle
Thursday 1st November 2012 Had an excellent sleep until 10am! Then a shower and relaxed breakfast with fresh coffee while I got started on jobs
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