After a rock and roll all night in Shelter cove (hard to believe with such calm seas?) Alanui and Paloma are bound for Ft. Bragg. I've used about 400 gallons of fuel so far, in large part because we've been making some long runs at high RPM's. I'll try to get statistics when we are tied up for more than a day or two. The fuel leak has been resolved. It seems that someone in China cut about an inch off a pipe threaded nipple, I guess so the fitting would rest on the top of the supply manifold? Libral amounts of pipe dope finally let go and it turned into a weeping leak. We ended up throwing away the entire fitting and rebuilding it from scratch with good parts from ACE hardware! The seas are stunningly calm, like a mill pond just past Cape Mendecino. I figure this is a 1 in a hundred day out here, as it looks like it will be through the weekend. With just a little luck we will be in SF Bay by Saturday. Great experience so far, have learned a lot that I will share asap. Hard to use the computer at sea, even in calm weather. Take care, Scott and Marian Bulger, Alanui, N40II, Seattle WA Currently 10 mi from Shelter cove bound for Ft. Bragg

Great to hear from you, Scott. Knew you guys were pinned down for a bit. And going around Cape Mendocino under mill pond conditions...! That's a privilege. John Marshall N5520-Serpendipity (in Sequim Bay, WA) On Sep 12, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Scott Bulger wrote: > After a rock and roll all night in Shelter cove (hard to believe > with such > calm seas?) Alanui and Paloma are bound for Ft. Bragg. I've used > about 400 > gallons of fuel so far, in large part because we've been making > some long > runs at high RPM's. I'll try to get statistics when we are tied up > for more > than a day or two. The fuel leak has been resolved. It seems that > someone > in China cut about an inch off a pipe threaded nipple, I guess so the > fitting would rest on the top of the supply manifold? Libral > amounts of > pipe dope finally let go and it turned into a weeping leak. We > ended up > throwing away the entire fitting and rebuilding it from scratch > with good > parts from ACE hardware! > > > > The seas are stunningly calm, like a mill pond just past Cape > Mendecino. I > figure this is a 1 in a hundred day out here, as it looks like it > will be > through the weekend. With just a little luck we will be in SF Bay by > Saturday. > > > > Great experience so far, have learned a lot that I will share > asap. Hard to > use the computer at sea, even in calm weather. > > > > Take care, Scott and Marian Bulger, Alanui, N40II, Seattle WA > > Currently 10 mi from Shelter cove bound for Ft. Bragg > _______________________________________________ > 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.

Hi John, great to hear from you. Yes we had a great trip. A bit of a rolling anchorage in Shelter cove, had wind from the South. Still all in all a great trip by any measure. We are in Ft. Bragg, leaving tomorrow for Bodega Bay. Got to get moorage in Mexico, talk soon, Scott -----Original Message----- From: passagemaking-under-power-bounces@lists.samurai.com [mailto:passagemaking-under-power-bounces@lists.samurai.com] On Behalf Of John Marshall Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:25 PM To: Passagemaking Under Power List Subject: Re: [PUP] Alanui/Paloma update Great to hear from you, Scott. Knew you guys were pinned down for a bit. And going around Cape Mendocino under mill pond conditions...! That's a privilege. John Marshall N5520-Serpendipity (in Sequim Bay, WA) On Sep 12, 2007, at 10:53 AM, Scott Bulger wrote: > After a rock and roll all night in Shelter cove (hard to believe > with such > calm seas?) Alanui and Paloma are bound for Ft. Bragg. I've used > about 400 > gallons of fuel so far, in large part because we've been making > some long > runs at high RPM's. I'll try to get statistics when we are tied up > for more > than a day or two. The fuel leak has been resolved. It seems that > someone > in China cut about an inch off a pipe threaded nipple, I guess so the > fitting would rest on the top of the supply manifold? Libral > amounts of > pipe dope finally let go and it turned into a weeping leak. We > ended up > throwing away the entire fitting and rebuilding it from scratch > with good > parts from ACE hardware! > > > > The seas are stunningly calm, like a mill pond just past Cape > Mendecino. I > figure this is a 1 in a hundred day out here, as it looks like it > will be > through the weekend. With just a little luck we will be in SF Bay by > Saturday. > > > > Great experience so far, have learned a lot that I will share > asap. Hard to > use the computer at sea, even in calm weather. > > > > Take care, Scott and Marian Bulger, Alanui, N40II, Seattle WA > > Currently 10 mi from Shelter cove bound for Ft. Bragg > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.

> The seas are stunningly calm, like a mill pond just past Cape Mendecino. We drove down to see the Monterrey Bay Aquarium yesterday (Wed). The Bay and Ocean were amazingly flat there as well. Where are you staying in SF? -- Jim Ague

Jim asked: Whe re are you staying in SF? Scott: Our current plan is to visit the Napa Marina and tour the Napa valley for a few days, then Angel Island, then South Beach, then Treasure Island. We plan to depart for So. Cal on 9/25, arrive San Diego about 8/10 for haulout at Driscols. There we will prep for FUBAR. A small list of things to fix on the boat, including replacing the Nauticomp display that suffered a bulb (backlight) failure a few days ago. They will fed ex a replacement after they get mine back. Another $150 in shipping charges, but better than having broken equipment. Thanks, Scott Bulger, Alanui, 6 miles SW of the town of Mendicino on a Verizon 3DV0 network