8 May, 07 – 21.43
15.4018N,48.5307W
24 hr progress: 7.4 Nautical Miles (1 nm = 1.85 km)
Distance left to Antigua (straight line): 746 Nautical Miles ( 1380 km)
Distance completed: 2387 NM (4415 km)
Wave height: 6-8 ft, Winds: 10-15 knots E, Bearing: 260 – 270 degrees.
Glorious weather today, without any rain. Clear blue sky and a fairly calm sea.
Slow progress as I spent a few hours today producing water from the watermaker. I am using the backup handpump. It's mindless & back breaking work trying to produce fresh water. And very slow. About 4-5 hrs of work at the pump to produce 3 liters of water. I was glad to get back to the oars at the end of it.
Not too bad tho. Get to work another muscle group for a change :)
Spotted a ship today in a distance, the first one in 3 weeks. I was looking forward to a human conversation over the VHF radio, but unfortunately they did not reply on Ch 16, even at visual range. I tried to call them for about 2 hrs. No response. It such a case, was a good thing they were 2 miles off port and not on a collision course with me.
I meant to write something here about my physical state, but I am way too exhausted today after work at the oars and the water pump. My fingers are also 'clawing' up more after holding onto the oars and pump all day. So will post that on here tomorrow.
Thanks to all for the messages. I get about 3000 messages a day. While its impossible to reply to each and every one, I read them all at night. On days like this it makes a huge difference out here.
B
To send me an SMS message (160 chars) via my satellite phone 8816 315 826 92 go to http://messaging.iridium.com/
Or you can post me a longer personal message via my webpage which will be forwarded to me within 48 hours.
http://www.bhavik.com/crossatlantic/messages.asp
Otherwise email me: mail@bhavik.com
Perfect sky, mixed waves
Fish under the boat on my afternoon dive
Bonjorno! How does the beard look?
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