A day of fixing

The engineer came back today with the hydraulic gearbox pump. Not a new one but our one that had been rebuilt with new parts. Everything seems well so far and the plan is for some more sea trials later and to leave in the morning on our voyage. Another point that we noticed last night is that the water maker was not producing as much water as it should be. Having water maker issues before a 3000 mile leg is bad news as running out of fresh water can cause huge problems. This we discovered after a bit of poking around was caused by a faulty start relay on the high pressure pump causing the start capacitor to stay active whilst the pump is running. We have now removed the start capacitor from the circuit and all is fine for now. Bryony is now reprovisioning the boat with fresh produce and we are refuelled and good to go. With any luck my next update will be in two to three weeks time after a successful and relaxing ocean crossing.