The sky late yesterday afternoon
Not much to tell today...as yesterday afternoon the weather lost it's blue hue and became ominous. So today being Sunday and windy and cold....was a good day to stay below and search EBAY for a water maker.
I ended up getting one for massively less than they sell in the Chandlery. Mine, new $250 US at West Marine the same model $2000!!! Ok mine is ex Government surplus, but it is still new in the package and should produce around 4.5 litres of water from sea water after just 1 hour of manual pumping!!!! Yes I know, it's going to be hard to pump for 1 hour....but it is just a backup system. And if you are desperate or in need of upper body exercise....well you'll give it a go.
Otherwise the day was spent reading our books, snuggled up on the settee. It's a small settee, that's my excuse for the snuggling ;)
The weather has stayed cold 16 degrees during the day and around 20+ knots. However the yacht clubs still ran their races and all the local sailors were out with their wet weather gear on and fancy harness/life jackets...tough breed of sailors here! We bought ourselves one of those fancy harnesses with the life jacket built into the webbing, very cool and should provide a comfortable alternative to having to wear a bulky life jacket on deck in a blow (which last trip we never did - cause it's too bulky!) In foul weather we always had our harnesses on, so now we have the perfect combination!! And NO excuses (not mentioning names)
That's all for today :)
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