We brought Cipango into Monterey Harbor on Thursday morning.
Somewhere around Pt. Sur, I discovered that the batteries had stopped
charging. The alternator wasn't putting out current and the
batteries were nearly dead.
We hand steered for a while, but switched back to Otto. The batteries
had just enough juice to keep the instruments and Otto happy, and we
came into Monterey for an absolutely stellar morning.
After some diagnosis in Monterey, it appears that a loose ground wire
and/or the flooding of the engine control panel created the problem.
Accordng to Robin, it appears that the batteries are now charging.
Current plan is to depart Monterey on Tuesday.
Cheers,
Barry
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