[PUP] Alanui/Paloma update

[Scott Bulger]

After a rock and roll all night in Shelter cove (hard to believe with such
calm seas?) Alanui and Paloma are bound for Ft. Bragg.  I've used about 400
gallons of fuel so far, in large part because we've been making some long
runs at high RPM's.  I'll try to get statistics when we are tied up for more
than a day or two.  The fuel leak has been resolved.  It seems that someone
in China cut about an inch off a pipe threaded nipple, I guess so the
fitting would rest on the top of the supply manifold?  Libral amounts of
pipe dope finally let go and it turned into a weeping leak.  We ended up
throwing away the entire fitting and rebuilding it from scratch with good
parts from ACE hardware!

 

The seas are stunningly calm, like a mill pond just past Cape Mendecino.  I
figure this is a 1 in a hundred day out here, as it looks like it will be
through the weekend.  With just a little luck we will be in SF Bay by
Saturday.

 

Great experience so far, have learned a lot that I will share asap.  Hard to
use the computer at sea, even in calm weather.  

 

Take care, Scott and Marian Bulger, Alanui, N40II, Seattle WA

Currently 10 mi from Shelter cove bound for Ft. Bragg