L'Eau Commotion Westabout

6:00pm Thursday 1st March 2018 ( UTC-3 ) A fruitful day was spent planning the logistics for the required equipment although nothing has been ordered as yet. Bob MCLeod also lent me some good mast climbing equipment and firm decisions made for a safe ascent and descent. It was a great relief to get all the washing done and with the fresh breeze and bright sunshine the boat got a much needed airing after the bilges were pumped out and dried with an old towel. The batteries have also been charged with the automatic battery charger which sensed their run down state and applied an over voltage to freshen them up - the wind, solar or Volvo Penta all cut out at 14.2 volts so it will be interesting to see if this results in greater capacity. Stanley was very busy yesterday when a large cruise ship arrived for the day with 3000 passengers, thereby doubling the population of the whole country!