Fish three days in a row, Humbugs and doldrums.

June 7, 2015 1900hrs
7 45.4N
148 43.5W
5.5 kt @ 140
110nm noon to noon

Aloha everyone, writing this early due to some problems that may require hand steering, so can't write it on my watch. Randy caught another nice aku on one of his lures and we enjoyed poke' for lunch and he is ab out to serve up fish pasta for dinner. We ran the engine this morning and it started to screech and stopped charging. The pulley was spinning freely on the shaft so alternator was not spinning. We pulled out spare, but connections did not match. Randy put two different halves together, but we don't see the numbers I'd like to. We have run engine all day and meters show no net gain. Batteries are low due to short in 110 last night. We are hoping wind generator and soar panels will keep us in enough electrical juice. If things look questionable, we will skip Ahe and head straight for Papeete'. Being in the ITCZ "doldrums," the winds were light and we were able to get some things dried out and repaired. No luck with watermaker yet, but will give it one more try. Crew is perfect and we all worked hard today. Enjoyed some showering in the rain. Sailing should be pleasant next few days, but watches could be long if we have to drive to conserve our electrical power. We will see what tomorrow will bring. Aloha, David




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