I was just sitting down to write about what a fantastic day we had after
leaving Ascension.A noon to noon run of 161nm, beautiful sea ,wind and
sunshine , a lovely 16kg Tuna... and then Fred does his "Rud Drv" bail out!
I have checked the fluid level, which is fine, and done the "power" check
routine, which also worked correctly. I then re engaged "auto", and he
appears to be working OK at the moment. I can find no reason for it to have
kicked out. As we are still 1720from Rio, and 1290 from Salvador, I have
reluctantly changed course back to Salvador. If we have to do a combination
of nursing Fred, and handsteering, Salvador must be first choice. Should
Fred work perfectly for the next week, we then at least have a choice. Our
position at 15.00 (UTC-1, 3 behind RSA) is 9.30.15S,16,5857W, and we are
sailing a course of 275 towards Salvador, doing 6.5-7.0 knots, with Fred
currently at the helm.Long may he last!!
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