Day four and energy remains a priority....
andromeda of plymouth
Susan and Andrew Wilson
Thu 25 Nov 2010 12:21
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21:46.93N 19:38.4W
Energy in the sense of the Service battery level
which remains pretty low even though the wind charger and solar panel seem top
be working well. The Mastervolt charger is playing up at the moment so its back
into the engine room for me once again. It's run ok for a couple of hours on two
occasions and refused to run more than 10 minutes on other ocasions. Not yet
taken a hammer to it, but it is tempting. Any ideas from engineers out there
would be most welcome.
We are looking for the signpost that says turn
right for the Caribbean and also for the wind to resume normal service -
otherwise its pretty slow going. Phil and Chris went for a swim yesterday while
we were taking down the ParaSailoer when the wind died completely and thoroughly
enjoyed the cooling water.
We have lost four fish so far to something far
bigger - we wonder whether its tracking us as we easy pickings? However will try
until we have no more energy to continue to deploy lures. So far the crew
(Chris, Phil & Nick) are enjoying themselves and happily throwing themselves
into all the jobs necessary to keep Andromeda going.
Thoughts to Tangaroa who are diverting the the Cape
Verdes to sort out fuel problems.
More in due course.......
Andrew
S/V Andromeda |