Azores islands January 27, 2009
Posted by nutritionalsupplementnews in : Uncategorized , trackbackNewswire : Spanners out again for Brain
“Bahrain Team Pindar is through the Rio doldrums and heading up past the coast of Brazil. Sailing upwind in 6-13 knots of breeze, the wind is quite shifty with more squalls than usual in this part of the world, but we are making decent stop ‘n’ go progress towards Les Sables. The air here is crystal clear so the clouds are incredibly sharp. At night the stars are almost down to the horizon. The sun at midday is straight above me as the sun’s declination is similar to the boat’s latitude, so the combination of clear air and the vertical sun could make a recipe for sunburn. But little chance of sunburn as just when I thought I would start getting on top of the job list a spanner gets thrown at me! Both Sunday and today I have spent a lot of time working on the alternator down below. It had overheated in the early hours of Sunday because the fan disc at the front had become loose and then damaged. I had the old alternator, and I tried to cannibalise the parts of that, and it took most of the day on Sunday to take apart, as it had been put together with powerful air tools. Eventually I got it done, which was a big relief, and ran the engine. Concurrently, I worked on the wind generator which was not charging either, but have not yet solved that one. Today I noticed that the alternator fan disc was still not quite right and worked again on improvements by further adapting the 2 broken alternators to make one good one. Fingers crossed this time it’s a winner, I will be trying it tonight.” “All these repairs mean that I cannot be quite as on top of the sailing as I would like and I consequently end up reacting to events rather than anticipating them and taking best advantage of them. Using squalls would be an example of this, and I am letting the pilot do all the steering except in the lightest conditions and biggest of gusts. I have lost a little to Sam and Marc, but I think that is more a function of the differing winds we have. I am still on deck every 10 minutes, but then I am usually back below to continue work straight away. Overall, the boat is going well with the J1 and the full main. At times, I take a short break and just watch the boat sail, and take in the amazing SE tradewind scenery of sky, clouds and sea. And there can be a great sense of satisfaction to have overcome another set of hurdles. At the same time the mileage to Les Sables shrinking, and that’s when the checks, repairs download thriller movies and download crime movies maintenance will end.” Brian Thompson (Bahrain Team Pindar) in his daily message
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