In Pirate Cove

Position  N  60 d 51.93
         W 148 d 18.27

Well, we didn't leave Blue Fiord Bight like we thought we would.  That evening we fired up the generator before we went to bed and it started shutting down.  After a couple of hours of trouble shooting we deduced we had a faulty hi temp cutout sensor.  We had a spare and decided that in the morning we would get after it and delay a few hours.  As all good plans go however what should have been a two hour job took most of the day.  The sensor disintegrated upon removal and left a big chunk in the water pump, so we ended up having to take the water pump off.  We damaged the gasket so we had to use a bunch a permatex for where it cracked etc, etc.  Anyway by the time we finished we decided we ought to delay for a day.

As we were coming out we caught sight of another sailboat.  We checked the AIS and sort of remembered the name.  Soon after we were hailed by Giebateau, a Dutch boat we had first met in Nagasaki and then met properly in Hokkaido.  They made the crossing over to Alaska just in front of us and we had been missing each other by a few days.  Anyway, they decided to change their plans and anchor with us for the night so we could get caught up.  

The weather was one of those almost rain kind of days where everything gets soaked but nothing really gets washed down.  So a perfect day to sit below and chat with Paul and Caroline.  Hopefully this rain will get a little heavier and remove some of the smoke and help douse the fires as we are now getting close to College Fiord and we want to have good viz heading up there.