Since we had completely calm winds and flat seas, there was no sailing this morning. Instead we got a few domestic chores out of the way. Then, to our horror, when Roy went to replenish the diesel tanks, he discovered that we’d been given really dirty fuel in Uligamu. The first indication of something amiss was the dirty rings visible around our clear jerry cans. Extremely frustrating and annoying, not to mention, inconvenient, since we were charged a premium price for this diesel and, of course, there’s no comeback because we’ve left Uligamu. Fortunately we still have plenty of jerry cans filled with clean diesel from Thailand, but it does mean we’re going to have to jury rig one of our fuel polishing systems to polish every jerry can of dirty fuel from Uligamu before we can add it to the tanks. Another unplanned, time consuming, unpleasant task.

On the bright side, though, by lunchtime we were enjoying another fantastic sail in flat seas, with a SOG (Speed Over Ground) of 7.5 to 8.0 Kts.

Elaine also decided to make good use of the leftover bananas that were looking rather sad and baked a banana loaf, enjoyed with a nice cup of tea after dinner.

Chats to the crews of Talulah Ruby III, Golden Spirit, Kandiba, Morgane and Sea You also added a nice dash of cheer to the day.