Shit day

Sorry for the expression, but that's really what it was, or better, mostly what it dealt about. Did you ever think, s... could make a day more interesting? Well, only if you're out in the ocean, nothing to do or see...

Last night in my shift I was faced with the toilet pump not flushing anymore. When Marcus woke up I told him. Concentrated on the well-being of his boat and crew, Marcus could not continue to sleep (my solution was: tape the toilet so we can't use it, use the other one and repair it once we're not in the middle of the ocean in rocking waves) but started the repair marathon. As you can imagine it is not the most beautiful work. In the tiny bathroom, in the rocking boat, taking apart the pump, taking off hoses just to find out that one drain hose is completely stuck. He tried to install a short cut which did not work because the other hose was too short. we were both basically up the whole night and went to bed when we saw we have to wait til after dawn to see if we can unlock the drain hose. Thank do our two crew members took over Marcus' shift.
Well, to make a long story short, S... is like concrete once it gets stuck. 4 hrs of working on it Marcus with the help of Gyuri and Thomas finally got the breakthrough and water finally run freely again....But, we all laughed during this freeing operation. Ugly, but amusing.
After that we changed sails and Marcus then went back to assmebling the toilet installation again. Success!!! 12 hrs after starting the repair process with just a short sleeping break of 3 hrs.

Marcus is our heroe. Whatever challenge comes he does not complain and just gets it done with patience. Only after hours of trying to repair without success he said "could this not happen in a harbour, where it's quiet and you can get parts?". We all try to help as much as we can, but Marcus has the main load with his boat. He is just very brave and concernd about Alita and the crew's well-being. I am sure everybody who has been on board with us can sign this. Thanks Marcus!

Right now we're -or better the sails - are suffering from little wind in combination with stupid little waves. That slowed us down a lot. We'll probably loose 2 days and will arrive either on the 9th late at night or more probable on the 10th.

Current position: 27deg60'S and 096deg37'W

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