Auto Pilots are very precious. We left West Bay around 7:30
am and headed to Chubb at almost low tide. The entry and exit is not a problem
for a boat with our draft but I still held my breath in a couple of
places. If we were in a full keeled boat
we would have had to time our exit differently. There is a little more wind
today and this area has a bit more wave motion than the shallow banks that we
covered the past few days but not bad really. We unfurled the jib and were
making good time. Not more than an hour
out our auto pilot quit. Yep, it has had low battery readings periodically but
would come back quickly. This time, we weren't so fortunate. Hand steering a
compass heading with the sea swells, current and wind gusts is tedious, tiring
work. I go through all of our paperwork on the new auto pilot and find that
when the display gives the low battery reading that it is not receiving
sufficient power. Well Duh! Remedy press stand by to clear the warning and
start the engines to re charge the battery. We already had the engines running
so we kept checking as much of the wiring connections as we could get to while
taking turns at the helm. Finally auto started to work again for the last part
of our trip. We had secured a berth at Chub Cay Club marina and ate fish and
fries in the club house. We were pretty tired for a relatively short trip. We
took our first land showers this year. I also gave myself a quick hair- cut. I
can cut Fred’s on the boat but I don’t have a mirror for outside and don’t want
hair all over the front bedroom where the mirror is located. We are going to
get diesel and check weather then head out for our first overnight-er this trip
to be positioned at West End to cross for home as soon as we get a weather
window.
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| Chub Cay Club |
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| Entrance to Chub Marina |
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Building renovations, Beautiful place but has fallen into disrepair.
The new owner comes on board next month and is doing a lot
of renovations. The docks were the best we have seen since the States. |
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| The infinity pool with swim up bar. |
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