20/10/2020

I slept well last night, woke up before 6am, as it was very bright early in the morning, and Mustang has more windows to let lights in. There was only a little breeze outside and J said he would like to try to raise the anchor and sails by himself. I was very happy to let him so I can stay in bed longer.

Mustang has shallow draft so it is much easier in shallow water. We don’t have to keep an eye on the sonar like we did before.

J tried the engine again, it was worse than yesterday, it stalled as soon as it started, J suspected it was the fuel supply. He gave Bob a call and he asked us to check if the filter valve was turned backwards. J checked and it was. So it was easyfix, we were all relieved, so was Bob. He said the engine had been running fine before, he had changed the oil and filter before he left, it shouldn’t have been a problem. The problem turned out to be the poorly marked valve. Bob also told us that he moved in his new boat So Good. It was originally named Hurts so Good, it is a name of an eighties pop song that Bob didn’t like, so he changed the name in the easiest way: paint off Hurts. He is sailing north tomorrow, and we agreed to meet halfway.

In the morning the wind picked up and we got to know better of the new boat, and Mustang ran smoothly. Later we dropped the jib and put on genoa, we run faster than a fully powered catamaran next to it. But since several of the old stays had not yet been replaced, we changed back to jib just to be cautious.

Fell asleep in the cockpit after lunch, and when I opened my eyes it was well past the Smith Islands, and it felt so good to be moving steadily.

Arrived at Turtle Bay on Carlisle Island at 6pm. We did 46 nautical miles today.

In the evening I had time to cook a healthy and tasty meal with meat and vegetable stir fry.