Alternator problem

Sept 20,2001 0120
11 43.7N
149 094W
4kt @ 280
133nm noon to noon
Aloha everyone, lots going on at the moment, so I will briefly fill you in. The squally weather passed last night, but I then discovered that the alternator was not charging. I got a few hours rest after my watch, then Randy and I replaced the alternator, which is a challenge at sea and requires an overfilled lazerette be emptied. The new alternator kicked in and we recharged and all seemed well and it was a most pleasant, easy sailing day. However, this evening, about 11pm, the wind went light so we started engine and no charging. We opened everything up, removed mattress from my berth to get to batteries and cannot figure it out. We will ultimately loose battery power, hopefully we will still be able to run engine. The big problem is loss of autopilot and refer. We should have enough power for those during the day with solar and wind, but not at night. We have about 750nm to go. We are all fine, should get in sometime thursday, but I may not send out a blog. I must get to the wheel now, Aloha, David



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