We wake to….fog!! Can’t see a thing around us.  So we cast loose immediately and steer out into the pee soup, having breakfast on the go.  The plotter is a blessing.  We monitor our progress on the electronic chart where the boat shows up as a “blip” slowly moving between the isles.  Our glass cupola, with a 50 m radius, could really be anywhere in the world; a small area of water and…nothing.  This situation keeps up during the entire day.  We run the radar, small “blips” show up and some also show up in reality; we see them as shadows in the mist. Small fishing vessels. Others never show up and many, no doubt, we are totally oblivious of.  In periods a bright sun shines on us from above but around us…still fog.

At about 1600 hours the engine stops…!!!  Aquaryd has two main fuel tanks, about 100 gallons each on the port and starboard side, respectively.  In the middle lies a third diesel tank, same size, that feeds the generator and the heater.  To alternate between the two main tanks there is switch that gets stuck and needs some “manoeuvring” each season.  We had “manoeuvred” this some hours earlier but, inadvertently, left the switch in the same position…! So we were out of “gas”. Smart!  Now the main engine needs to be bled from air and this is quite an undertaking, especially in the very hot motor compartment…..  After an hour or so we are on the go again.

Miraculously, while down in the engine room the fog lifted and we now have a warm summer’s day (!?)