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Timshel - Bora Bora to Suwarrow Day 5



A quiet night, but occasional lightning and saw another ship. Got a rain squall in the morning, wind shifted to N but not too much extra than died away leaving us wallowing in the swell - purgatory. Put sails and Hydra away and started the engine - first motoring hours this leg. Batteries needed charging anyway, had felt that Aquair towed charger was not giving us as many amps as it did doing the transatlantic trip, then realized it is not working at all - took it in, but need to check all the connections, not much point having the drag if it is not giving any charging. After 2 hours or so able to set sail again and Hydra steering - what a relief, so rolly under engine and the electronic autopilot is not reliable. In fact soon making great progress, more than 6 knots in the right direction. On the evening SSB sked it seems everyone else is complaining of more squalls, more rain, so maybe we aren't doing so badly, but they also have more wind so making better progress.

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