Thursday 19th Dec '24
Not only did we have a really relaxing night, for the first time since leaving KK, due to lack of fishermen, we also had a big moon, calm sea and were lucky enough to have a stunning sunrise. The1st picture below was taken around 05:30 from the flybridge.
What a way to start the day.
The 2nd picture is of one of the many we will come across while transiting Indo and that is of a tug towing a very large barge. When Griff and I did the Selene we would come across these things with a mountain of sand, no AIS and no navigation lights. Maybe they have been told cause we have come across a couple so far and both had AIS we will see tonight if they also use their lights.
The day turned into a productive day as we moved the fuel (picture 3 is of Kel looking after the suction end of the hose) from the forward boat tanks to the main aft tanks then refilled the forward tanks with the 2 x 1,000lts cubes we have on the aft deck. Then we transferred another 300lts out of the 6 x 200lt drums we have in the bow seating area into the aft tanks. Hope that all makes sense!?
Then transferred the remaining 600lts from the forward drums into one of the now recently emptied 1,000 cubes so to get it off the bow and down aft for better balance and.
Always good to get the fuel and weight down low into the tanks.
I think bit of water may have got into the blue drums in the bow so managing that just in case.
We now have approximately 1,500lts left on deck and 4,000lts in the tanks.
The above took about 3hrs and obviously all outside work. My god it was hot and sticky work. After we wash down the aft cockpit and packed away all the gear it was time to try out the “rain shower” in the cockpit! Even with the temp control all the way round to cold it was a hot then warm shower but great to wash all that sweaty work away.
Busy day
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