Valent - Less than a 1000 to go

A couple of days of contrasting activities. Yesterday was quite relaxed making good progress West. We had fun with the sextant and I surpassed expectations with my noon sight achieving a latitude only 0.6nm from the GPS. The evening sun was not quite so good. Learning: it is not a good idea to try and take a sun sight when the sail obscures the sun and horizon. We also celebrated half way with showers on the aft deck.

During our routine of running the generator and charging batteries during the dog watch period the generator packed up. A blocked sea water intake was suspected and cleared. The genny then ran again for a bit before packing up.

Today has been about trying to fix the genny. We have changed both the fuel filter, air filter and done the spacing on the exhaust valve. But while the beast runs it is not functioning correctly. After a few minutes it starts hunting and fluctuating. Charge comes on and off. I’m increasingly thinking that the issues may be beyond our onboard expertise and spares kit. This evening it cut out after around 10 mins. Another look tomorrow in daylight.

The fish have stopped biting too. So back onto the planned meals. At least we had a decent lemon drizzle cake today.