9 Jul 23

It is finally time to get going again. We awoke to a cool, overcast morning, with the wind still persistently from the NW at 10-15 kn. After breakfast, we fired up, refueled on the way out of town and made our way south to Goddard Hot Springs. The trip down was uneventful, although a pretty good navigational challenge. We were anchored in Kliuchevoi Bay at 12:15. As we settled in, I looked at the battery monitor and it was showing 0 A, when there should have been some current draw. I tried for a while to figure out what the issue was, and I did find a 5A fuse (which I think has something to do with the battery monitor) was burned up, so I replaced it. Not sure if that fixed the problem, but nothing in the Nigel’s electrical bible or the Victron owner’s manual were helpful. I’m sure the batteries are OK and the engine alternator definitely charged up everything during our run over here. Hmmm? I hate electrical problems.  Shortly after lunch, I rowed over to the beach to check out the hot-tubs. Both were cold, so I turned on the hot water valve in the upper one and headed back to the boat to collect the girls. We were back at the hot tub about 1/2 an hour later and the water was just about perfect. We soaked and talked and took in the excellent views out over Biorka Island and others to the west. It was difficult to leave the hot springs, so we did not get back to the boat until 16:45, just in time for Captain’s hour. The battery monitor seems to be working just fine now; sure wish I knew whether it was the fuse replacement or blind luck (or did I just imagine a problem in the first instance?) that fixed it. Oh, well. We had dinner aboard and enjoyed the lovely, mostly cloudless evening and sunset. Ashley and I decided to try to stay up to see whether it gets completely dark. I’ll let you know tomorrow whether we made it.

Log = 16.2, Sum = 1326.0 N-m; 56-50.326’N, 135-22.289’W; Eng. hr = 3.2, Sum = 3317.8