[password] pilot25041
[position] 32 04.3s 175 30.7w
[status] Had a pleasant day & night, with mostly light /little wind, decided to motor last evening, but kept getting a spurious alarm in the stbd engine bay, so used the port engine instead, motoring slowly all night at 4kts on 070 heading, as the wind rose to 7kts at dawn, we started sailing again. Investigation on the stbd engine in daylight revealed a faulty smoke detector battery, that set off its warning whenever the engine went above idle ........ new battery fitted all is now well!
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.