Back to Cyprus!!

Well the target was Crete so bit disappointing really. Winds weren’t favorable so had to tack a few times.  Wind got a bit flukey at one point when I’d just started a nap and the boat went 180 ° in the wrong direction. Basically got some good speeds in almost the right direction but noticed a small tear in the sail and thought very unwise to go long distance with it. Decided to make for Larnaca and about 40 miles out had to motor sail. Then the wind picked up and the sea got bigger decided to desail as the wind was on the nose . About 20 miles out around sunset everything turned to shit. Engine only was getting about 1.5 kts into wind that would take 13 hrs!!! Boat slamming around so decided I had to use damaged sail and motor with it off course to take me closer in where hopefully swell would be less. Good logic maybe even right! So tacked along the coast and the engine stopped. Lots of running about down the lazzerette, into engine bay . Thought I’d lost a blade on the prop with the lack of oomph and progress  . Restarted twice more and eventually arrived at marina just after 10. 36 hrs from Lebanon which shows what good progress I made on the way there.

Been here a few days sail, repaired and refitted . €40 , pretty good I think. I did a few engine things but ultimately went into fuel tank and found the dreaded product of fuel bug. I’m fastidious about treating fuel at top ups so can’t explain why it’s there but because it was such a solid mass and obviously dislodged  by sea state it blocked the fuel feed in the tank, that’s good news because if any got though the engine seems to have dealt with it. 

Shall leave tomorrow for Pathos then Crete . Hopefully winds will be  kind.

This is the texture of liver and overflowed my cupped hand. All due to these new super bullshit fuels that propagate these alien masses in normal conditions!