Weather forecast was for strong winds so we upped anchor and headed back to the marina.  We left early to beat the rush and we are glad we did.  They gave us the same berth we had originally which was great since it is well inside the marina and has two stout mooring lines.

The winds did grow as predicted, 15 -25 knots in the marina which has hills blocking most of the force.  What we did not expect was the surge created in the marina from the NW winds that send waves into the mouth at an angle.  These reflect back into the marina and create a surge.  Not the worst we ever had but requires you to pay attention when moving around the boat.

Nice boats on both sides, one a Discovery 55 sailboat with three retired Austrians in their early 70’s.  The other a Sunseeker 50 foot charter powerboat.  Nice Captain who is a local and gave some good advice on places in the area.

The next morning I woke and found no electricity.  No a real problem, happens at marinas.  But as I looked around we were the only boat without power.  Checked the circuits, still nothing.  Fired up the generator and still no power.  Found a circuit breaker associated with the air conditioning tripped.  Just so you know the main breaker did not trip but this one must also have all the power run through it before it goes to the air conditioning.  Logic does not make sense to me but maybe because it is a French boat and some things are not in line with others.

Anyway discovered one of the air conditioning cooling water (salt water) pumps got soaked in saltwater.  This was a result of a small corrosion hole in the exit manifold that is made of what looks like copper.  So it sent a fine saltwater stream into the pump motor.  Also since the air cond was on all night it filled the bilge and a portion of the engine room sump with saltwater.  The automatic bilge pump was off since its level switch was not shutting the pump down properly.  Short story is no damage. The second bilge pump removed the water easily and I attach a hose to its inlet to vacuum out the other compartments that collected a little water.

This gives us a new direction on our next stop.