The watched kettle
The Adventures of Allegria & Crew
Peter Lansdale
Tue 11 Jun 2024 03:42
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It's coming up to
0300 in the morning and it will soon be time to wake Lynn, Ha, Ha. Not a good
time to have to get up, that is if you are even asleep. It's been a bumpy night
despite there being little wind, into which we are motoring. We have been
motoring now for about 28 hours so progress is good but it's noisy and the
boat's motion is much less comfortable than when she is sailing. There is
nothing to dampen the battering of charging through the waves, even though they
are only about 3 feet and at least we are upright. Rather we roll from side to
side instead of leaning over the same way all the time.
175
miles or so to go and we are all counting them down, which is even worse than
watching the kettle. Each mile you counted down seems to have taken longer than
the last. No it's not that bad, what's not to like. We have had a lovely sunny
day, the night is clear with a wonderful view of the stars and milky way and we
are completely alone. Or it seems that way. We very rarely see a ship and then
only on the screen because they are miles away, well out of sight.
One
tiny bit of activity today. The port navigation light stopped working last night
so once it was light we set out to investigate and fix. Can't blame the cause on
anyone else, it was a bad electrical connection. The fault was as a result
of your incompetent skipper changing the light some time ago after it was
damaged. Need to improve my electrical work.
Off to make another cup of
tea before waking Lynn and being able to turn in
myself.
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