That’s how Charlie described his watch . There was talk of hallucinating waves into horses, galloping along side the boat, in torrential rain, winds gusting to almost 40 knots.
Charlie pulled off some serious heroics keeping us moving in the dark, in the rain, alongside the horses.
No one really slept. The waves tossed the boat around this way and that.
When we were pulling away from the dock earlier that day Larry said “time to put away your warm clothes it’s going to be cold.” Well that certainly proved out to be true.
Leaving the harbor we saw two humpback whales feeding along the shallows under the cliffs.
It was the beginning of a new experience for us. Everything so far we have done. Up to and including spending time in L’Anse au Loup.
Leaving Labrador for Greenland; more akin to jumping off the edge.
This morning…
Something wasn’t working right… not an unusual occurrence.
This one, the alternator not charging the house batteries, not entirely new but surprising since Larry had a new one put in over the winter. We puzzled on it this morning, around 730 we sent a message to the boatyard. The batteries not being charged supply power to the navigation system, the fridge and freezer, the lights… pretty critical. We could slow charge it with the engine alternator but that means using more diesel and given where we are not ideal.
The yard recommended we check fuses. Fortunately Steve is a bit of a contortionist. He twisted himself in an around the engine compartment, upside down, while we are sailing in 25 knot winds. His long arm found a fuse with a bad wire! Must have come loose in all the gyrating last night. He was able to extract the issue and the three of them; Larry , James and Steve, fashioned a new wire and got the alternator back in charging mode. Not too bad being 50 miles for the nearest hardware store.
Point my compass north…
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