L'Eau Commotion Westabout

Day 73 9pm Monday 19th August 2019 ( UTC +1 )
I set the desalinator going at 8am and with the constant supply of salt water to the sink set about tidying things up before getting ready to set up the BiSymmetric. Getting the lines ready I was concerned to find the outer layer of the spinnaker halyard worn right through and thus needing replacing. I knew I had a roll of 8mm double braid stowed deep down up forward which required moving lots of gear and boxes which also uncovered one of four 20l drums of metho which I also retrieved. I strongly butt sewed the new to the old and but for a few heart stopping glitches the line was successfully re reeved. Seeing the metho was there and down to the last 6l of ready available I decided to decant and also fill the 10 500ml bottles I use to top up the Origo stove. Now I had a tin of olive oil which I knew was rusting but decided to keep despite it seeping oil which ended up round these bottles and needed cleaning up. Of course with the odd heave of the boat some of the oily contents of the sink ended up on the saloon floor. And while I was at it decanted some of the fresh olive oil from its ( plastic) container.In the meantime the desalinator was chugging away and the tanks full the overflow added to the confusion before it was diverted to the spare container for doing the washing. By the time this was all cleaned up the wind and forecast had risen above my best strength estimate for the BiSymmetric so that idea was put aside for another day. The good news is my water tanks and spares are all full, totalling 260l, and meths on hand confirmed at 85l which should be well within expected useage. And the saloon sole is sparkling. The course under single reefed main and jib is 30 deg. left of the direct track to St Helena but is that recommenced by the Nav program and also keeps us West of some probable 30 knots.