The Irish woman did some cool maneuvers around a dredger and private channels upon entering Cape Fear River, trickiest bit of driving so far. Having an out going tide with us we scorched down Cape Fear at a steady 10 mph. We topped at 12 mph before hanging a sharp right back into the ICW before being swept out to the Atlantic Ocean (go Cha Cha! this turn is definitely an easy miss).
After a couple of hours, I did a routine check on the Battery Monitor only to find out that we were draining about 10 Amps per hour while under motor.
Something’s fishy here; we should be putting amps into the batteries not sucking the little buggers out. Alternator appears to be on strike.
We did a quick pit stop at Southport marina to have en electrician check it out. Thanks to Gene and Steve at Southport for taking a look at the alternator, great guys.
When we re-started the engine, everything was of course working as per the brochure.
Oh well, of we went for another 45 miles down to North Myrtle Beach, we decided to take a Marina since we did not want to anchor without alternator charging capabilities. We called an electrician who promised to take a look at the problem first thing Saturday morning. Got in to the Myrtle Beach Yacht Club around 17:30 and after a precision docking job by the Swedish helmsperson, cocktails were swiftly served in the cockpit.
Had a nice dinner at the “Officers Club” at MBYC, yummy grub.
Slept like a felled forest.
NAFB..... At least this was a pontoon bridge ... new varietal to us...
We met Lt. Dan...
The stimulus package at work...
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