Current Position: 34 02.971’S 18 20.883’E; Timezone: UTC+2; SOG: 0; COG: N/A; TWS: 40; TWD: 182; Current Speed, 0 kt; Current Direction, 0; Distance to Waypoint (Hout Bay): in a slip; Total Miles Sailed: 16487 nm; Engine Hours: 388; Estimate Fuel: 5+12+50;
Comments: I woke up at 3:30 after 6h sleep. Not sure why … maybe too comfortable and quiet. After a couple of loads of laundry, I was at the boat by 7:30. I finished clearing out everything in the forward cabin except the spare parts bin and the stuff in the hanging bags (which I went through … maps, spare foul weather great, spare computer, sail bags, etc.). I tried to pump the little bit of water on the bow thruster compartment, but the hand pump would not fit in the space. I will need to wait until I have access to the big syringe. I started by wiping the surfaces down with Windex and paper towel, then treated the surfaces with Mold Kilkakleen. I was finished cleaning and treating the forward cabin by 9:30. I could not stay on the boat after the treatment, so I returned to the house to continue washing. I left hatches open to air the space out. In the morning I will treat the wood with an oil product and start moving stuff back into the space. The main cabin has too much stuff to do all at once, so I will do the port, then the starboard. Starboard is going to be a chore because I will need to empty two of the big bins before I can move them. My goal will be to move anything I might need from the storage space under the bins and fill that space with still I know I will not use. I stopped by the fish monger and picked up some Red Snapper. They were sold as a “bunch” of three for 100 Rand ($2 each). It is 11:00 and I have had my lunch, a bath (second one in 9 months), and a load of laundry is in the washer that will take 2.5h to finish. That means a nap! I was a good day. I have finished 80% of the laundry. I made a wonderful meal … Red snapper en papillote with herbs and young zucchini (called baby marrows here) in a tarragon mustard sauce.
Comments: I woke up at 3:30 after 6h sleep. Not sure why … maybe too comfortable and quiet. After a couple of loads of laundry, I was at the boat by 7:30. I finished clearing out everything in the forward cabin except the spare parts bin and the stuff in the hanging bags (which I went through … maps, spare foul weather great, spare computer, sail bags, etc.). I tried to pump the little bit of water on the bow thruster compartment, but the hand pump would not fit in the space. I will need to wait until I have access to the big syringe. I started by wiping the surfaces down with Windex and paper towel, then treated the surfaces with Mold Kilkakleen. I was finished cleaning and treating the forward cabin by 9:30. I could not stay on the boat after the treatment, so I returned to the house to continue washing. I left hatches open to air the space out. In the morning I will treat the wood with an oil product and start moving stuff back into the space. The main cabin has too much stuff to do all at once, so I will do the port, then the starboard. Starboard is going to be a chore because I will need to empty two of the big bins before I can move them. My goal will be to move anything I might need from the storage space under the bins and fill that space with still I know I will not use. I stopped by the fish monger and picked up some Red Snapper. They were sold as a “bunch” of three for 100 Rand ($2 each). It is 11:00 and I have had my lunch, a bath (second one in 9 months), and a load of laundry is in the washer that will take 2.5h to finish. That means a nap! I was a good day. I have finished 80% of the laundry. I made a wonderful meal … Red snapper en papillote with herbs and young zucchini (called baby marrows here) in a tarragon mustard sauce.