Saturday, June 10, 2006

Chronicle of the PassageMaker Auriga 5/25/06


We Instituted the no shower rule because water was a little low. The Auriga has a reverse osmosis water maker but it was not activated for this trip. One can only do so much. The boat has two televisions with videotape and we watched 'clear and present danger' on the TV in the main cabin.

Supper was some excellent lasagna and garlic bread. With little exercise and great food I am gaining weight. The biggest excuse for eating is that a little food continually in one’s stomach prevents sea sickness. The Auriga was brought close to the Delaware coast to get within cell phone and blackberry range. This technique worked well but resulted in the boat being attacked by thousands of flies. They stayed with us for the remainder of the trip. However, as we don’t need to go outside the flies can have the deck all to them selves. Meatball sandwiches were made for lunch. Later a tug with a barge on a wire contacted us on the VHF radio to warn us of his presence. We saw him on radar but a tug and a barge on a wire can be mistaken for two vessels running together.

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