We woke to a beautiful sunny day with smooth seas just as the captain promised. After breakfast we took a walk around the ship. Even though the ship is quite new there are plenty of rust spots showing and the crew take every opportunity to repair and repaint. The bosun was hosing the salt off. The focsle was not as big as the Manet and so there was not as much room between the winches and capstans.
We looked over the bow for flying fish but no luck today. There was a following breeze so it was very quiet and pleasant.
We went up to the bridge to read the seafarer's newspaper and the captain told us us that the tropical storm had been named "Maria" (another link to Sound of Music). It went north and we sailed south, so we left it quite suddenly.
We stopped in the middle of the day and the engineers turned off the main motor and replaced the gasket. The auxiliary motors kept the power, lights, water and A.C. going.
We looked over the bow for flying fish but no luck today. There was a following breeze so it was very quiet and pleasant.
We went up to the bridge to read the seafarer's newspaper and the captain told us us that the tropical storm had been named "Maria" (another link to Sound of Music). It went north and we sailed south, so we left it quite suddenly.
We stopped in the middle of the day and the engineers turned off the main motor and replaced the gasket. The auxiliary motors kept the power, lights, water and A.C. going.
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