This Blog is our mother's logs from her sails aboard Jofian. Our mother, Clare Holt, wrote a log every day and after her first sail to Mexico, she bought a laptop to write and save her logs. She sailed when the World Wide Web was first created, there was not as much on the Internet back then, no Wi-Fi, Internet access was very limited. I know if she were sailing today that she would be putting her logs in a Blog, so I am doing it for her. Mom’s logs to Alaska are on saillogsalaska.blogspot.com.
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Tuesday, September 26, 1995 - Curaco
Roy leaped out of bed at 6:30, removed the alternator, and paddled over to meet the engineer. The engineer didn't know anything about the alternator, but he has a friend who repairs the things, so he's going to drive Roy over there at three this afternoon.
I had to get some moolah today. I was down to my last two guilders, and Roy was in about the same shape. When I got to the ATM, the communication lines were still out of service! The teller I talked with didn't know what the problem was or when it would be fixed. I got an 800-guilder advance on my Mastercard.
Walked to Jimmy's Electronics and bought the relay Roy wants. Bought a dozen eggs at the Super Jumbo. Grabbed a minivan to the Otrobanda bus terminal and then walked quickly to the Punda bus terminal. Caught the 11:30 bus back to Spanish Water.
When the engineer's friend tested the alternator, he said it was no good, so now Roy has to return it. He's not going to fool with another one; we want to get out of here. We're already a week or more later that we wanted to leave.
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