It is Oct. 30 – or, as many of you think of it – the day before Halloween. 🧙🧛🧟🦸🦹.

We should have one more day of calm weather before the winds and waves pick up a bit. We expect the final 24-36 hours heading to Port Ghalib to be less pleasant.

Had a bit of a scare yesterday. The starboard engine (the only one that works) shut off. My heart and stomach did that thing they do. Luckily, we had several things going in our favor:

1. The seas were almost flat, so we didn’t lose a lot of ground while we were troubleshooting
2. It was daytime
3. We had been down this road before

We first took the opportunity to check the oil. We topped it off. We then added some diesel to the tank because it was low anyway. We also weren’t sure how much we could trust the fuel gauge. (Yes we could have looked at the tank.). After adding some fuel we started the engine again. It ran for about a minute and stopped. We were eerily reminded of the problem we had before when the engine seemed to be starved of fuel.
So, the next (really the first) thing to do was to check the filter on the hose that leads out of the fuel tank. Yep, it was messy. We cleaned it up, put everything back together and have been motoring since then.

I told Michael that our previous problems might have been a blessing in disguise because we knew what to do. He just looked at me.  😉  Now, if the filter hadn’t been the problem, I might be telling a different tale. We are glad it was an easy fix.

My dear friend, Ann Reilly, sent me a BUNCH of different types of puzzles from The New York Times newspaper. She sent them when COVID was at its peak.  Luckily, I never worked on them, so I was able to bring all of them on the boat. I’ve worked on several during these calm days. I love doing them and they help to pass the time enjoyably.

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