Richard Hewson

> Sunday Island is experiencing squally conditions today. Wind ranging from 10kts from 090 to 30 kts from 180. The holiday is over and now we need to work a bit to make the most out of the wind we have. >
> We have been talking about how much Sunday Island needs a wash down after the dust that settled everywhere in Cp Verde, and now we have torrents of fresh water flushing the boat from top to bottom with every squall. >
> Our Freezer has been getting increasingly warmer, and today I found the compressor had stopped working when the batteries dropped below 12.4V. I discovered a voltage drop of 0.5V between the batteries and the switchboard so I disconnected the compressor from the switchboard and re wired the compressor directly to the batteries. Now everything seems to be working well and the freezer is coming back down in temperature. . I have checked all the connections at the battery and switchboard and everything looks ok, I can find no stray currents, so I will need to conduct an investigation in Bequae of the wiring will need to to find out why there was such a big voltage drop between the batteries and the switchboard. >
> Its the 1st of December today so the kids had a day off school and started their advent calendars and made a few decorations for the boat. We also baked ginger bread men and assorted other shapes. >
> Everything on deck is saturated wet, and down below is dry as a bone but steamy in the 31*C heat. I took the opportunity while I was re wiring the freezer to lift the floor boards and I was happy to find bilges all dry. >
> Peter the Aires wind vane is handling the squalls well, even when the apparent wind comes to 90 degrees at 26kts, but there is a lot more action on deck increasing the work load of Emilie and I. I’m sure we are going to be working for our supper for the next few days. Lucky Peter does not require any food or rest. >