" A LADY TRIP" AROUND THE WORLD ( presently in the Dutch West Indies or Antillies )
A Lady
Stephen Hyde
Thu 14 Jan 2010 20:45
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WEDNESDAY 13th January 2010
07.00 We woke up to rain , and lots of it, half an
hour later we rang " Louis" who was stuck in traffic with his children, ( twin
Girls aged 16 )
He would call
us when he got back to the dock which he did at 08.30hrs
We
decided that we would go every piece of the watermaker and check the water flow
at each point, starting at the gate valve through the hull,
We
opened up and cleaned the filters at the gate valve and used concentrated 80%
vinager to kill and eliminate any barnicles in and around the pipes
at this point.
then checked the manifold, which services the watermaker, the fridge, and the
airconditioning.
on from there
we checked the main filters, and then the high pressure pump and its output,
plus all the copper piping around the back of the
engine and up
to the control panel in the starboard cabin. everything is working up to
this point and producing the water its supposed to.
So the problem
has to be in the control panel by the process of elimination, all this took
hours of sweat and sometimes Blood.
15.30 We cracked the problem, seems the pressure
control release valve was jammed half open, causing half the water being made to
be dumped
overboard, As
soon as this was rectified, the water production jumped from 40 litres to 80
litres per hour, FANTASTIC.
now ,at worst
we have an extra 15 litres per hour and no leaks . Ohhhhh are we
pleased
Later , we went ashore and got some extra
provisions and had lunch with louis and his twin's
FAT's ( Donal Mc Clement) jumped off the side of
"A LADY" and according to the LOVE's back home, the resulting wave was
responsible
for the earthquake in Haiti !
Later we had avacado and prawns for starter ,
prepared by the skipper
and a corned beef hash , prepared by
Fat's
By the way, We forgot to mention that Kevin Dwyer
very proudly presented a " past presidents badge" to the skipper as a gift from
the
Glanmire and District Rotary Club. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH... and new years greetings from Myself and Kevin to all in the
club..
The Skipper was one of the seven founding members
of the club and at one stage became PRESIDENT for a term....
We decided an early night was in order ,as we were
leaving early thursday..
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
THURSDAY 15th January 2010.
06.00hrs All up and about and got buisy
preparing for departure,
06.45hrs We lifted the anchor ( which was
burried so deep , it took all the windlass it could do to extract it from the
bottom)
07.00 We cleared the harbour entrance and set a
course for the San Blas Islands, approx 650 miles away
Our first waypoint was 120 miles and this entailed a broad reach in moderate
seas with 28 / 30 knots of wind.
the weather was brilliant and with a 1knot current with us , our speed over
ground is 10 knots
13.00 All well, reading books and taking
naps.
15.00 Donal is zzzzzzzzzzzzzz and the rest
are enjoying the sunshine,, we have covered 85miles and going well....
( to be continued Tomorrow)
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