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Lexington - Captain Bob 3/8/17 20:58. 9° 12 ‘ south. 102°. 11’ West



Well we have established a reputation that is going to be hard to beat. During our roll call, at the end we discuss anything else of interest to anyone in the fleet. Tonight a boat named Zeeland offered thanks to Lexington for the bl**j** that fixed his generator. Since all ages may read this, I left out 4 letters. As it turned out he had a problem with his generator. He thought that it would get hot when his boat was heeled (tilted to the side by wind). Often people will offer possible things to try to fix the problem. I had suggested a few things to try. I suggested he use his asymmetrical spinnaker which would not heel the boat that much. I also suggested that he clean out his raw water strainer ( straining sea water that is pumped into the boat to cool the generator) and if there was aquestion on how well water was coming in then take the hose from the thru hull (hole in the boat with a valve to let water in or out of the boat) and blow into it to clear any obstruction. Blow until he could hear bubbles going out into the sea. As it turned out, blowing out the hose cured his problem and allowed him to use his generator to charge his batteries and to make water. Being very appreciative, he announced to the fleet that he was thanking Lexington for the BJ that fixed his generator. How am I going to live that down? The roll call is largely just a little contact and social time. It is interesting that there are often several good suggestions offered which have helped resolve an issue. You have to be self sufficient to be in the open ocean but it helps with multiple experienced people giving opinions and options. There have been multiple times when several suggestion are offered for a boat’s problems. Hope all is well with you and yours. Bob

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