Just a short blog today, as we are in the middle of a "Blue Peter" day here on Nasdaq.
Johnny Cole got our watermaker running last night, so we are now happily making water again - nice one JC!. Nasdaq has been making an additional lashing to secure the forestay while further investigations continue on the bottom forestay shackles around the fleet. This involves Jon Wedgwood dangling over the bow with various pieces of rope, whilst being suspended from a halyard to keep him above the water. It seems this is a safer use of an anaesthetist than leaving him alone with sharp objects nearby! Don't worry Jon - the decks wash clean.
We are also expecting a weather front to pass over us sometime today, so have chosen a more northerly course to buy ourselves a bit more time to get the maintenance done before the front arrives.
This course also takes us within a possible sighting of île Saint-Paul which would be our first land since leaving Africa, and from the other skipper blogs sounds interesting. Maybe I'll come back and visit another time.
Most importantly everybody onboard is safe, well and happy, and the Nasdaq Bistro is open for business. David Phillips and Rick Werkheiser are today's staff and despite neither of them being able to read the Spanish instructions on the packet, turned out some fine porridge this morning, and have just put the kettle on. So, I'm off to the Bistro for another coffee.
Cheers, Rob