onsdag den 27. marts 2013

Problematic sailing

Yesterday Lars arrived.
Today was his first day of sailing. Left Cebu at around 11am.

The wind was not right, so we had to sail with engine.

The waves was getting a little big, and we were heading towards them, meaning hitting some of the waves hard, throwing water on the deck.

After one hour rough sailing the engine stopped.
Chito discovered a lot of water in the filter. He worked hard fixing it. I was trying to help.
He was pouring diesel into the kitchen sink.
Then the sink got flooded, and skipper had to fix it. A flooded sink with diesel...
The engine was still not working, but Chito was close to fix it, we thought.

Finally the filter/tank was free of water, and we could try to start the engine.
After a few tries Chito called out "shit"...
He was holding half a key in his hand. The rest was still in the lock.
Luckily Chito is a handyman, and after a while he got half a key out of the keyhole, and skipper found an extra key.
The engine started, and we could move on.
Skipper new a nearby place, Carmen bay. A little harbor.
Went there and found a great bar with owned by a funny American man.
He gave us a bottle of rum on the house, and we had a good afternoon there.
Sophia and Signe went back to the ship, and cooked a great dinner using the giant fruit Jackfruit.

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