Day 35 27 Feb 2010

Past the 'Átol das Rocas' last night and the sea 

got shallow, to 53m. Dolphins swam with us at 

dusk, they are so wonderful to watch, Krazni and I 

went to the front of the boat to watch and 4 jumped 

at the same time, least 2m in the air! They came 

back again at 22h00 and we could see them just 

below the surface with the full moon. Wash day today, 

sheets and towels in the washing machine. Also washed 

down the bathroom at 7am before it gets too hot. 

Everything gets a layer of salt air on it and feels sticky. 

We wipe the wooden surfaces with a vinegar and water 

mix to remove the salt. Rob is making more water so 

we'll have full tanks in Fortaleza, should get there Sun morning. 

Doing 8.5 kts.  Caught a small Marlin but cut the line off 

once we had got most of it back on the reel, lost lure. 

3,45.22S  35,48.05W  PS steak in F.de Noronha was not good.

Day 6

Siting in Walvis Bay on a swing mooring near the Yacht club.

 Its great to be in calm waters, I feel 'normal' again. 

We filled the 75 small 27l plastic containers and the 

460l bladder tank with Diesel. Quite a mission but soon 

they were all packed away and the spiled Diesel 

washed away. We averaged 1 liter per naut. mile for 

the trip up of 676nm which is what Rob had calculated. 

Ave speed was 8 knotts. The engines are changed 

every 6 hours which means the couple not on duty 

can sleep peacefully.
Watched the movie 'Australia' last night, great movie, 

enjoyed by all.
Went to see the salt works which stretch for miles, 

with huge trucks carting the sparkly white salt. 

Lots of bird life along the way with many Flamingos.

 Also went to Dune 7 where we chatted about all the 

Desert Run tours we did to here. Krazni did the best 

and walked the highest up the dune...not far.
Its still cloudy and cool. Tomorrow we hit Swakopmund 

for a good German breakfast!