March Friday 18
Another day on Zoom. Sabina is doing her excises on the trampoline, Erich studying our progress, Jacqui reading stories about sailing, Jeremy reading up navigation and sailing books, Ian fixing things on Zoom.
Today the cord that holds the Watt & Sea hydrogenerator into the water broke. It was left making gurgling noises as the propeller was skipping along on top of the water. The last time I did any work this low down on the sugar scoop at the rear of the boat a wave broke over me and my life jacket automatically inflated. A $40 recharge kit gone in one second.
To avoid this happening again I put on one of the normal life jackets that we use when in the dinghy. These jackets do not have harnesses so I used over top of the jacket a safety hardness that I use when going up to the top of the mast. I also took off my glasses in case another wave broke over me.
All went well, there was enough line left to do the job. I can see another wear point on the line, hopefully it will last to Hiva Oa where I can replace it with a longer line.
I checked the area of the diesel leak, it looks like the leak has stopped. Running the genset today confirmed all is OK.
I have had a response from St Francis, the manufacturer of our yacht, regarding some queries I had about downwind sail configurations. Once again they show fantastic support, which is even more amazing when you consider that we are not the original purchasers of the yacht.
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