Author: Scott
Things have gone from bad to worse. We continue to have this wretched steering problem, but late last night our engine temperature shot up to 200° plus and it will now no longer start, so we have no engine and no way to charge the batteries efficiently. We do have a solar panel but we only get two to three amps at the peak of the day. At least we are still able to sail
During the night the weather continued to deteriorate and we both got soaked in a squall. We had to limit our use of radar because of our dwindling power. As the sun rose the weather did improve some, but the sears are still very turbulent.
We are now about 80 miles away from Turtle Bay and we just want to get there! We are impressed with Tournesol’s ability to be a sailboat, we know how useful our engine is but it is Tournesol’s ability to stand up to weather and pass the mile beneath he keel that is getting us to Turtle Bay. We are so tired. It has been hard to sleep well with the current problems and Pam is not able to steer the boat for more than an hour with the disabled steering. On we go…
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