Tom,
Problems encountered thus far:
- we had a small fuel seep from the secondary fuel filter on the Gardner which was addressed by replacing the filter and gasket
- topped off the oil by a quart after running for 100.6 hours straight from Neah Bay to Bodega Harbor.
- I have an annoying hydraulic leak from the vicinity of the hydraulic motor driving the 12kw generator as well. It is contained, and not excessive, but I want to get to the bottom of it.
- bronze pin attaching engine fuel shutoff cable to linkage in the ER came out, replaced with SS bolt and nylok nut
- Intermittent connection in port running light corrected
- The tuna have been smarter than we are so far . . . This last item has been really disappointing! We're wondering if the "singing" of the paravane cables are keeping the fish away
Other than those items, we haven't had any issues in the
- 120.1 hrs and 787.2 nm since leaving Port Orchard.
- we've averaged 6.55 kts
- burning around 325 gallons so far (that's a rough estimate using levels in the site gauges)
- so about 2.75 gph or 2.42 nautical miles/gallon
- The Hundested CPP has performed flawlessly
On another note, we dropped off our third crew member (our daughter) at the airport in San Francisco this morning. Then we spent several hours in Muir Woods (coastal redwoods). I highly recommend a visit if you get the chance! Then park and the trees are amazing. Then, on Peter's (MV Weebles) recommendation we dropped by Point Reyes Cheese Homestead Farm on CA route 1 for some cheese. We had hoped for a tour, but only the store was open.
Then I went metal detecting for a couple of hours on Doran Beach . . . . That darn beach is one of the cleanest beaches I've metal detected! Found the normal bottle caps, pop tops, and clad coin, some tent pegs, carabiner, and sand shovel, but that was all. No Spanish doublooms, or Roman coins, or cell phones, rings, or anything . . . . . . very disappointing . . . . I'd better keep my day job . . . oh, wait, I'm retired!
Plan on turning in the rental car Thursday, and leave Thursday afternoon, or possibly Friday morning when the seas calm down. More later . . . .