42.48.30 N
012.21.45 W
S\Y Fruits De Mer
22.07.08
1845 UTC +1
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oops. missed a day. force 8 overnight, so it was a busy one. Also i now first mate, promoted after i think 2 days at sea. Sada, Spain was interesting, though i actually didn't set foot ashore ~and only really saw the gas dock. managed to squeak in a fast shower, filled the H2O tanks. quickly rinsed, and then refilled the H2O tanks. ha! trying out curry for super. we'll see mostly the cuisine is.. not. i see no reason to eat out of a can every day of an atlantic crossing. and so i bought with my own money some fresh veg. also i am the master of disguise and you might not know what food came from which can when it's actually made it as far as the plate or bowl.
the saloon.
engine trouble today. run the port engine and the vessel veers uncontrollably to starboard. ruyn the starboard engine and the vessel veers uncontrollably to port. this sucks because in order to motor, then or even to morot-sail, we'd have to run both engines and consume waay more fuel than is really a good idea. a big problem. not so much en route to açores, but from there to bermuda it could make things rather impossible. mechanics and tech suprt exists in açores, fortunately.
my 'promotion' is basicaly in title only as far as i can tell; as on flying cloud, there's no real difference in the way i perceive my role to be and how much work there is to do. but, there seems to me that there is more of it here, as there are simply fewer of us. and less sleep. speaking of sleep.
