We have now gone 1250 miles, with another 1450 to go until we reach Nuku Hiva, Marquesas. The problem is that the figure we were given for the fuel consumption of the generator of 0.8 gallons per hour has turned out to be wildly inaccurate. We hav…
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What do we see? We see the sea!
Two gulls have moved aboard and nothing we can do, short of wringing their necks, will make them go away. They are crapping all over the deck. Everything is good on Lone Wolf. The sea is eerily calm and deep blue, and all systems are go. We have covere…
Making good progress
The generator stopped again on Friday. We were a bit panicked, although as we had the hydraulic alternator online, we were ok, although the batteries did appear to be getting depleted for some reason. Anyhow, we were on the phone a good deal to the gur…
All is well
We are now 300 miles out to sea, and heading in the general direction of Tahiti. It’s a little rougher than before, but things are good. Flying fish and squid jump out of the sea onto the deck. The sea is becoming bluer. The internet is ver…
2nd attempt to cross the Pacific
The generator is now fixed. It is an unfortunate and complicated sequence of events that led to our problem. It is also miund-numbingly dull, and so even if I fully understood it, I would not relate it here.We are off again first t…
Paradise Village Marina, Puerto Vallarta.
GOOD NEWSThe generator only needed a simple part and that is being sent and should arrive tomorrow(Sat) or monday, so then we can be off again. Without going into detail, there appear to be no other electrical problems. We will top up the fuel ta…
Mission aborted (for the moment)
It is sad for me to report that we have had serious electrical problems and have been forced to turn around and head back to Mexico. Basically what happened was that the ‘black box’ on the generator literally went up in smoke, leaving us with no no…
