http://www.followtheboat.com Tales (not just) from the high seas Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:18:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/12/01/running-a-dead-ship/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/12/01/running-a-dead-ship/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2003 13:11:22 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=1617 Another miserable day on the weather front (the second in a row with no sun), giving us a grim backdrop for the bad news: the batteries had stopped charging and neither the skipper nor the first mate had any idea why this was so. Ocean Indies is, after all, a new boat. This situation meant we now had to run what is called a ‘dead ship’, i.e. no electricity.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/12/01/running-a-dead-ship/feed/ 0 http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/11/30/shampoo-set/ http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/11/30/shampoo-set/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2003 13:05:17 +0000 Jamie http://www.followtheboat.com/?p=1607 Never let it be said Sunday is the day of rest. After getting stitched up on the watch system (due to the clocks going back and a watch system change) I decided to go for a lie down. After a couple of minutes there was an almighty clang, followed by the skipper shouting “all hands on deck”.]]> http://www.followtheboat.com/2003/11/30/shampoo-set/feed/ 0