Day 56 - Light Bulb Moment
July 3, 2009 – 8:55 am![]() A Light Bulb (click to enlarge) |
Yesterday evening the wind had picked up quite a bit and the waterproof jackets were back on. I was on the last shift before dinner and rowing along quite happily when “Donk!” my oar hit something.
Turning round to see what it was gave me a bit of a surprise as a giant light bulb floated by. At this point I was certain that I had either been drinking from the wrong bottle or had lost way too much sleep. It was however, real! It also came complete with it’s very own eco system and had plenty of barnacles hanging off it and about 5 crabs too. The bulb is from the navigation light of a fairly large boat which had obviously thrown it overboard when it had broken. It’s very impressive to see that mother nature finds a use for these things and it was providing a welcome home to several members of the marine community.
We’ve been thumped around a bit as a front passes by us but all is good. We’re just about to have an early lunch (2 hours after brunch which is 2 hours after breakfast) and stick the sea anchor in before battening down all hatches and waiting until either later tonight or tomorrow morning.











