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14 39.59 N 052 13.55 W
Mileage noon to noon :126 nm
Distance to go: 507 nm
Photo: The sun pokes up under a line of clouds - the remains of a
front
Last night, we could see the edge of a front
following us, heading our way and moving slowly. Herb, Southbound II, told
us to keep our speed up and keep heading west, not southwest, and we would
outrun it. He was right. We had the front bearing down on us until
it slipped off to the southwest about 2:30 am. At that point, however, the
wind eased dramatically and we had less than 5 knots. With plenty of fuel
on board, we started the engine and motor sailed at about 4-4.5 knots. We
have another light day ahead of us.
This report will be like a Seinfeld episode (without
the comedy), much ado about nothing, since not too much is happening right
now. Our provisions are starting to dwindle. Today we emptied the
big freezer and put the contents in the smaller freezer compartment in the
cooler. If we get a big fish, we'll start the big freezer up again.
We still have about 16 rolls of paper towels aboard and 20 rolls of toilet
paper, so we're okay in that department. The only veggies we have left are
tomatoes, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, onions and some frozen and canned
vegetables. But, we could eat for months with the rice, bulgar, pasta,
tinned meat and vegetables we have on board. We still have bread, but will run
out before we get to Martinique. We (the royal we) could bake bread, but
it is very hot now and the oven would heat up the cabin uncomfortably. We
can do without, as we have shelf-stable tortilla wraps that can be used for
sandwiches and quesadillas.
The boat is working very well. The only problem
we had was some seepage of diesel fuel around the top of the tank. We
solved the problem for now by using some of the fuel, reducing the overfull
condition of the tank. We'll fix it when we get to port. The water
maker, which we love, is providing us with all the fresh water we need.
The rebuilt refrigeration system is keeping food well and providing us with
ice. All systems are go and we're keeping our fingers crossed.
To date, after the few hours of motoring we've done and
running the engine to provide for our power needs on the boat, we still have 80
gallons of fuel on board - more than enough.
We continue to actively fish for our supper, but
tonight, the plan calls for lamb chops on the grill, roasted potatoes and peas.
We love this new grill.
All's well on board-
Tom, Peg and Garry
s/v Starboard Home
Add: Position of s/v Island Time at 1000UTC was 14 32 N 43 16
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