44.26.45 N
006.31.30 W
S\Y Fruits De Mer
20.07.08
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off the continental shelf. headed for a point on the north coast of spain. i actually hadn't noticed that the sea wasn't as blue until today, when i noticed it was suddenly really blue. something very special about being in 4000 m of water. not only the colour.
some spouty action after the end of my watch and i saw a whale hanging about on the surface for a little while. slick and black with a (relatively) tiny dorsal fin. white or grayish white nearer to the head ~never say the head proper though. i did have the binocs out and was scanning away. good fun.
put in a reef today. and had a first opportunity to use the twin engine throttle. pretty cool ~our vessel is rather wide. far more spacious, though shorter than flying cloud. (don't compare.don't compare.)
we've got twin 55 hp Yanmar Diesel engines. both in now immaculately clean and spacious engine bays. my cabin is quite massive as well. ensuite. double bed. pleanty of storage space all over the boat. this is certainly not designed for racing. there are more than a few rather curious naval architecture decisions. the cockpit, or 'binnacle' as we have come to call it, is quite isolated from both the saloon and the al fresco dining area \ lounge. probably good if the pilot would rather be isolated from revelry on charter. the downside is that the steering station is totally exposed to the weather; not so great if it's hot and sunny' not so gerat if it's cold and yukky.
A) Electrical Installations
1) Lighting Saloon
For the lighting of the saloon, the 4 switches of order are located at the side entry cooks.
rotating watch is not so bad so far. again no sunrise. my watch ended 1 hr before the event and so i stayed awake. i was rewarded with putting in a reef, in which i mostly watched 'skip' put in a reef. i hesitate to make calling the skip by 'skip' for fear or apprehension that it might lead to each of us getting assigned a character from Gilligan's Island. i think in the event i'd lobby for Thurston Howell III. in any event i am a lowly deckhand and therefore chris gets gilligan by default.
FARUNO OPERATOR'S MANUAL
IMPORTANT NOTICES: The descriptions in this manual are intended for readers with a solid knowledge of English..
