Another lovely day. OK, we don’t get very far, although we are able to go a little quicker than yesterday. We are still only averaging just over 5 knots, nothing like the speed we had for the first ten days, but with the mega increase in comfort, we both figure it is better like this.
With the sea so calm, Mike dismantles the stern cabin bed where we have been sleeping to get at the water maker – although it is working, it is not producing as much water as it was and with all the gunk over the filter, he wants to clean it out anyway. I clean the filter and it is better than it was but not as good as it should be. Mike now thinks the pump may be on the way out. Great. There’s always something.
Mike fancies another cake as there are no ripe plantain for me to fry for his night time treat. I make another ginger cake, but this time I use the breadmaker to mix and cook it, using the whole of the mixture instead of half of it. It comes out like a brick, a tasty brick, but a brick none the less. Next time, I will revert to the original plan.
While Mike is having his afternoon nap, I decide to have a glass of wine. This is something I do not normally do on a passage, but it is a lovely treat, sitting in the cockpit, looking out over the sea as we gently trundle along.
Looking in the fridge is an ever increasingly sorrowful sight. Apart from a couple of blocks of dubious, Ecuadorian cheese (one of which is so hard now that it cannot go off and, if it had any flavour, could be mistaken for parmesan), there is nothing fresh at all. We still have lots of food – plenty of tins, packets and stuff in the freezer – so we won’t go hungry, but the recommended 5 a day went out of the hatches long ago. What a pity wine doesn’t count. Thank god for high fibre cereal!
Our position is: 09 deg 20min S, 131 deg 26 min W
Distance so far: 5154 nautical miles
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