POSITION: 41-54N, 149-04W, CSE: 090T, SPEED: 7KNOTS MOTOR SAILING
WELL WE RAN INTO THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM TODAY...DECREASING WINDS...MOTORING
WITH SAILS UP. WE HAD OUR HALF WAY CELEBRATION PARTY TODAY. THE BOYS HAD A
BEER, I HAD A COKE, TOOK A GROUP PICTURE, HUGGED, CRIED, LAUGHED. IT WAS ALL
OVER IN 5 MINUTES...BACK TO WHATEVER WE WERE DOING. STEVE WAS BUSY DRYING THE
CUSHIONS IN THE COCKPIT [NOT SURE WHY, THEY WEREN'T WET], LANCE WENT BACK TO
WHISPERING TO THE RADAR AND HIMSELF, AND ME BACK TO THE ENGINE ROOM TO DEAL
WITH YESTERDAY'S EXPLOSION. AS YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM YESTERDAY'S REPORT, I WAS
OFF TO CHARGE BATTERIES AND MAKE WATER. I BEGAN THE WATER MAKING PROCESS WHICH
INCLUDES 7 STEPS. 1-DC CONTROL POWER ON. 2-TURN AC BREAKERS ON FOR PRE-FILTER
PUMP AND HIGH PRESSURE PUMP. 3-START PUMPS, 4-INCREASE PRESSURE TO
650PSI...SLOWLY. 5-DIVERT TO TEST VALVE. 6-TEST PRODUCT [THAT WOULD BE THE
WATER AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR SALINITY THAT IS AROUND 400PPM OR LESS] 7-DIVERT TO
TANK...THEN BANG AND I MEAN BANG [AND YES I ALMOST RELIEVED MYSELF ONCE AGAIN],
I THOUGHT IT WAS GUNFIRE [THERE ARE NO GUNS ON BOARD...TO MY KNOWLEDGE] I FELT
BLOOD SPLATTER, BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE WATER SPLATTER. UNFORTUNATELY [WRONG
WORD] THE ENTIRE TOP OF THE PRE-FILTER CANISTER BLEW UP...BANG. CRAP. I SHUT
EVERYTHING DOWN, CLOSED THE INTAKE THRU HULL, CUSSED A TAD, THEN WENT TO BED
AND HAD NIGHTMARES ABOUT THIS TIME I WAS IN ...OH NEVER MIND! WHEN I AWOKE I
HAD FIGURED OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I HAD ACCIDENTALY THROWN THE HIGH PRESSURE
PUMP BREAKER OFF WHEN DIVERTING TO TANK. [MORE SIMPLY SAID I HALF UN-2'D THE
BITCH WHEN ATTEMPTING TO 7...ARE YA WITH ME HERE???] OF COURSE THE PRE-FILTER
PUMP KEPT PUMPING WITH NOWHERE FOR THE WATER TO GO...KA-FRIGGIN-BOOM. THE FIX
WAS TO COMPLETELY BYPASS THE PRE-FILTER [WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' FILTER...THE
WATER'S RATHER CLEAN IN THE OCEAN HERE],GANG THE 2 BREAKERS TOGETHER SO IF ONE
GOES OFF THEY BOTH GO OFF AND VOILA...WE NOW HAVE A FULL TANK OF WATER AND I
TOOK A SHOWER TO BOOT AND NOW I AM SHINY AND PRETTY...PRETTY TIRED
ACTUALLY...SEE YA TOMORROW..HOPEFULLY!!!
ADRIEN
Just a reminder, here's the link to see L'eau Life & crew's position
http://www.pangolin.co.nz/yotreps/tracker.php?ident=KF6YNW. If you hit the minus
sign about 4 times you can see their whole coarse in relation to the coast. It's
very cool.
Also, here's another site you can check out for some of the crew's points of
view about the trip. http://leau-life.blogspot.com/, You can skip through
Adrien's log and check out what Steve & Lance have to say and compare stories.
Have a great day.
Paula
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