We had a (mostly) uneventful crossing back to the US from Bahamas yesterday into today. Waters were calm and winds light. The waves picked up a bit overnight, but still comfortable. Glad we took that weather window or we’d have been stuck until at least Saturday.
The port battery control box shut down (fuse blew), but with our new generator controller we were able to run that motor on the generator alone and replace the fuse in the morning after my folks were up (because the battery box is in their cabin). Everything was going fine on Starboard until 5am when Dave wanted to have that generator on continually to give those batteries a break. Unfortunately, he had to shut it down right after it had auto-started to do this and it didn’t like that and wouldn’t restart. So he cross connected port and starboard systems running both motors off port generator but still charging starboard batteries. After a few hours of ‘rest’ the starboard generator did restart and Dave was able to undo the cross connection.
We are now anchored back at West Palm Beach. Tomorrow we will make some calls and determine where to leave the boat. Once we get her in place, we will rent a car and drive home together overnight, stopping as little as possible and bringing food & water we already have onboard.
Then I guess we self-quarantine back at home for a bit. Not what we’d hoped for our first cruising season, but at least we got a brief taste of the Bahamas and none of us had contracted the corona virus. Let’s hope it stays that way!
Stay healthy and take care of each other!
Life on Lady 