Tag: the long walk west

Daily distance covered: 110 NM
Two things today. Watching “Twin Peaks” and having a little nap in the afternoon. I rediscovered the highly addictive tele once again…

Daily distance covered: 125 NM
Two things today. Watching “Twin Peaks” and having a little nap in the afternoon. I realize the highly addictive tele once again…

Daily distance covered: 125 NM
Tonight the wind has died down to 5 knots, which, in impatient royal British terms means: “Start the engine.” So the noise again… This morning the counter to zero has fallen under 800 NM.

Daily distance covered: 120 NM
Today, after some more revision work on the main mast, including drilling holes, riveting, cutting and so on, we managed to install a new fix for the second boom (like this, they should not have broken in the first hand, but…) and a pocket for the winch handle.

Daily distance covered: 122 NM
This morning, Andy offered me to take me down from St. Luzia to Trinidad/Tobago, after we have had a month break from each other. I find this quite a good idea. In Trinidad, they are going to take out their ship of the water and return to the UK for a couple of months, whereas me is…

Daily distance covered: 120 NM
Skip and myself have installed my self-knitted fruitbasket and another solar panel, which now makes 5! solar panels. This one specifically for the watermaker. So be it…

Daily distance covered: 125 NM
Shrove Tuesday. Pancakes today. Jippie… The skipper kept me unidle for the whole day with his “I’ve got a job for you, Pax” announcements…

Daily distance covered: 111 NM
The Fish, the fish, the fish. Not only am I trying to be a vegetarian on a proper English boat, but I also declared my “I only eat what I am able to kill” status. So as we drop our fishing lines into the ocean, install an early warning system on a winch – and – of course, my winch alarm goes off, I don’t exactly know whether I shall be excited or afraid of the never before used killer within…

Daily distance covered: 120 NM
The days go past and the days won’t go by fast enough. Somewhere in the middle of this strange perception of time, I step throughout the day. Today, while resetting sails, one of our booms broke at the end and a piece fell away. We hat do fix it with two sets of shackles. Another two flying fish dead on deck

Daily distance covered: 141 NM
Today was entirely a good day. From nice food over nice talks, a little spaghetti teaser with a “new” sauce at four o’clock and a superbe salade followed by a fruit salat pudding, everything was just fine…