Well it's 01:10 as I start to type this. Marian, my wife is asleep in the bow stateroom. Capt. Mike Maurice is asleep in the saloon and his wife Pam is asleep in the guest stateroom, bottom bunk. The Lugger is hummmming away, the gen set is running and I'm making water with my brand new Village Marine 600gpd no frills unit. We left Ensenada about 100 gallons shy of water because my wife is paranoid about taking on water in Mexico. So, this is the first night we are making a lot of water, honestly it was one of my biggest worries preparing for the trip, because the previous owner had installed a PUR160 which just wasn't going to supply enough water to meet our demands. Thanks to Village Marine in San Diego and Gregg, we are now capable of making lots of good clean water in a reasonable amount of time. A little about the FUBAR and fueling. Well I was boat number 5 in the queue and was called to the dock about 13:00. Being a betting man I'd have put $100 bucks on a bet that there was no way Patrick on Paloma was going to get fuel, but somehow he did. To the credit of the FUBAR staff all the boats got the fuel they wanted or needed and all boats were ready for departure in the morning. We had been discussing the leg to Turtle bay and come to the conclusion we would not make a daytime arrival if we left any later than midnight Thursday. Being a 7 knot boat there was just no way to do it sunrise to sunset over a 40 hour period. So we opted to leave yesterday at 20:00. Paloma, Alanui and Wandering Star ( a Selene 43 with Adrian and Joanne Salzar, and their nephew John aboard) are currently heading about 160 degrees at 7 knots, probably the lead boats in the fleet as of now! I suspect the faster boats will begin to pass us tomorrow in the afternoon. The sea state is very calm, a gentle swell from astern and just a hint of breeze. No stars, no moon as there is a low overcast obscuring the night sky. I've got the FLIR in the Picture in Picture of the 19" Nauticomp display, and Coastal Explorer and Miltech AIS as the major part of the display. The Furuno is on 3 miles Radar, no chart overlay as Mike thinks it reduces the capability of the Radar, Uh oh, I think I hear my wife getting sea sick... Whew, false alarm. Just Pam coughing a bit. Poor Marian has been dealing with managing her nausea on every leg. She's tried the Scope patch, Dramamine, the wrist shocker and everything else we can think of, with varying success. The Dramamine makes her sleep, probably the best alternative. The Scope patch makes her really thirsty, so much so that she won't use it. The wrist band didn't do anything for her. I was skeptical, but the guy at West Marine said it cured his wifes morning sickness. Mike said sugar pills are 70% effective, so we are tying those next. Anyway, I was describing what works and what doesn't. I guess another disappointment is the Miltech AIS no longer seems to pick up targets from a good distance. a few weeks ago I saw targets as far as 30 miles away, now I'm missing them at 5 miles. I think it may be a hardware issue, but it's going to be hell to figure it out. The guy at Miltech seems to be willing to work with me, so perhaps a replacement unit will be on the way. Only problem now is where to ship it? Next problem is the FLIR video quality has gone to crap. I've got some significant interference in the display and it looks like the resolution has changed dramatically as well. It's still usable, but if it degrades more it will approach being unusable. I just noticed our speed is up to 7.4 knots so we must be getting a bit of a push. Decision time, pull back a hundred RPM and save some flue, or put some miles in the bank? So, just a glimpse into a night passage from a newbie on the first of what we hope to be many passages. Have a great day, and keep the wind at your back! Scott Bulger, Alanui, N40II, Seattle WA Pacific Ocean, S of Ensenada, 31.18.6 x 116.4 This e-mail was delivered via satellite phone using OCENS.Mail software. Please be kind and keep your replies short.

Scott, If you have the FLIR Mariner system, I had the same gradual video degradation problem you're describing. In the end, the unit was unusable. The fix, was to pull the control panel (very easy) and improve the ground connection on the back. I didn't discover this until I'd changed cameras (with no improvement) and checked all the video wiring. In my case, shrink wrap around the ground connector was causing the wire to slowly back out of the hole in the control unit. The hole is very tight and the friction of forcing the connector into that hole was building a spring-like force into the shrink wrap, which then slowly backed the wire off the spade. Sea motion was aggravating it. Once we stripped off the excess shrink wrap so the connector would fit more easily into the hole and and tightened the ground connector on the spade, my FLIR video quality was instantly restored. The whole thing is a fifteen minute fix that you can do at sea. If you're lucky enough to have the same problem, that is. John Marshall N55-Serendipity Sequim Bay, WA On Nov 8, 2007, at 6:37 PM, Scott E Bulger wrote: > Well it's 01:10 as I start to type this. Marian, my wife is asleep > in the bow > stateroom. Capt. Mike Maurice is asleep in the saloon and his wife > Pam is > asleep in the guest stateroom, bottom bunk. The Lugger is > hummmming away, the > gen set is running and I'm making water with my brand new Village > Marine > 600gpd no frills unit. We left Ensenada about 100 gallons shy of > water > because my wife is paranoid about taking on water in Mexico. So, > this is the > first night we are making a lot of water, honestly it was one of my > biggest > worries preparing for the trip, because the previous owner had > installed a > PUR160 which just wasn't going to supply enough water to meet our > demands. > Thanks to Village Marine in San Diego and Gregg, we are now capable > of making > lots of good clean water in a reasonable amount of time. > > A little about the FUBAR and fueling. Well I was boat number 5 in > the queue > and was called to the dock about 13:00. Being a betting man I'd > have put $100 > bucks on a bet that there was no way Patrick on Paloma was going to > get fuel, > but somehow he did. To the credit of the FUBAR staff all the boats > got the > fuel they wanted or needed and all boats were ready for departure > in the > morning. We had been discussing the leg to Turtle bay and come to the > conclusion we would not make a daytime arrival if we left any later > than > midnight Thursday. Being a 7 knot boat there was just no way to do > it sunrise > to sunset over a 40 hour period. So we opted to leave yesterday at > 20:00. > Paloma, Alanui and Wandering Star ( a Selene 43 with Adrian and > Joanne Salzar, > and their nephew John aboard) are currently heading about 160 > degrees at 7 > knots, probably the lead boats in the fleet as of now! I suspect > the faster > boats will begin to pass us tomorrow in the afternoon. > > The sea state is very calm, a gentle swell from astern and just a > hint of > breeze. No stars, no moon as there is a low overcast obscuring the > night sky. > I've got the FLIR in the Picture in Picture of the 19" Nauticomp > display, and > Coastal Explorer and Miltech AIS as the major part of the display. > The Furuno > is on 3 miles Radar, no chart overlay as Mike thinks it reduces the > capability > of the Radar, > > Uh oh, I think I hear my wife getting sea sick... > > Whew, false alarm. Just Pam coughing a bit. Poor Marian has been > dealing > with managing her nausea on every leg. She's tried the Scope patch, > Dramamine, the wrist shocker and everything else we can think of, > with varying > success. The Dramamine makes her sleep, probably the best > alternative. The > Scope patch makes her really thirsty, so much so that she won't use > it. The > wrist band didn't do anything for her. I was skeptical, but the > guy at West > Marine said it cured his wifes morning sickness. Mike said sugar > pills are > 70% effective, so we are tying those next. > > Anyway, I was describing what works and what doesn't. I guess another > disappointment is the Miltech AIS no longer seems to pick up > targets from a > good distance. a few weeks ago I saw targets as far as 30 miles > away, now I'm > missing them at 5 miles. I think it may be a hardware issue, but > it's going > to be hell to figure it out. The guy at Miltech seems to be > willing to work > with me, so perhaps a replacement unit will be on the way. Only > problem now > is where to ship it? > > Next problem is the FLIR video quality has gone to crap. I've got > some > significant interference in the display and it looks like the > resolution has > changed dramatically as well. It's still usable, but if it > degrades more it > will approach being unusable. > > I just noticed our speed is up to 7.4 knots so we must be getting a > bit of a > push. Decision time, pull back a hundred RPM and save some flue, > or put some > miles in the bank? > > So, just a glimpse into a night passage from a newbie on the first > of what we > hope to be many passages. > > Have a great day, and keep the wind at your back! > > Scott Bulger, Alanui, N40II, Seattle WA > Pacific Ocean, S of Ensenada, 31.18.6 x 116.4 > > This e-mail was delivered via satellite phone using OCENS.Mail > software. > Please be kind and keep your replies short. > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/passagemaking-under-power > > To unsubscribe send email to > passagemaking-under-power-request@lists.samurai.com with the word > UNSUBSCRIBE and nothing else in the subject or body of the message. > > Passagemaking Under Power and PUP are trademarks of Water World > Productions, formerly known as Trawler World Productions.

Scott, Great update. Have you tried Ginger pills for your wife's sea-sickness? Can be found at most any health food store or larger grocery stores in the vitamin suppliment section. 550mg capsules, take two several hours before activity. Has been proven in clinical tests for pregnancy morning sickness and for motion discomfort too. Good luck, Bob H