Complete Darkness
Nakesa
Sat 22 Sep 2012 22:58
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17 57S 161 36W
Complete Darkness
Total power failure last night!!! meant that we
could not steer by autopilot or adjust sails...we felt a little vunerable,
traced to a blown main fuse so wired across it as we have no spares of this type
after last one blew in Antigua. Let there be light...and there was light (quote
AC/DC sampled by God for the bible)
Aston and Atlanta great in a crisis and helped
emptying wet locker....an obvious place for the main electrical board!!!!...and
handing me tools whilst sparks flew!!!! Then generator failure this morning!!!
Typical life at sea.... hey hoh!!!!........ and both
boom preventers blew their (very expensive) jamming blocks last night
with no explanation!!! age perhaps...we are actually beginning to see the wear
and tear of 20,000 miles, poor Nakesa will need some TLC soon..and full
replacement of all USA work. The last thing that we bought in US that hadn't
failed was the anchor chain...but the galvanising has now worn off that after
only 8 months use so it is rusty and will need replacing..
LESSON...................DONT EVER EVER HAVE ANY
WORK DONE IN THE USA!!!!!
Okay now to lunch and a saturday afternoon
off...only 89 miles to Palmerston Atoll!
Wishing you a good weekend
Love
all aboard Nakesa
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