Day 14 - June 19, 2012 - Is it Galley or Workshop?

Day 14 – Bob opened up his workshop today - June 19, 2012
First, I heard from my good friend Kay this AM that the blog entry posted – that was a relief from our end as we didn't want anyone to be concerned about not hearing regularly from us as we are doing fine, it is just my email package that I had been using is no longer functional now. Will have to get it working again once we get to the Azores an d have internet access.
Bob had been saying that he was concerned that he might get bored sailing for this many days – well, that is definitely not the case as he has been having plenty of projects to work on. Today for about 3 hours he got close and personal with the prop shaft and the "butt" end of the transmission trying to fix something that he thought was already fixed. He made some shim for the key way and did quite a few other "modifications" and he is hoping that does it until we get to Portugal where he can order what he needs. He has been thanking his Dad regularly for teaching him all of the skills that he has been using since owning sailboats (and old houses for that matter too) When Bob's workshop opens up Janices' galley closes as they are one in the same location. Glad it is now back to a galley so we can have dinner tonight.
My two week at sea treat today was calling Mom on the satellite phone – wanted to be sure she knew we were OK without having heard from us for a few days. It was great to talk to her, she sounded like she was right next door. Isn't technology great!?!
Last night we had to motor on as we had flat seas and 1-2 knots of speed if that. At 4AM the wind started to fill in slightly so we are now a sailboat again. We have been fortunate to have SSW winds of about 10-15 knots so our hull speed has increased dramatically to 6-6.5 knots with us moving in an eastern direction. We have clear blue skies overhead and ahead of us with a few clouds behind us. A pleasant sailing day.
Our total mileage for day 13 was 111 miles bringing our overall total to 1,596. Our current position on June 19th at 4PM EST is 34.07N, 45.24W.
Just a note anyone that has been sending us emails or comments on the blog – we will pick them up when we arrive in Flores in the Azores. A friend of ours that already arrived there has already given us recommendations of places to eat and things to do so looking forward to taking some time to explore before we move on to another island.
Best wishes to you all!




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