We have been anchored in pago pago, American somoa for a week. It has been raining like the monsoons for the last 3 days. Takes 15 minutes to bale out the dingy. Our wet clothes are hanging all over inside the boat but with 98% humidity they don't dry out. This morning the winds picked up to 15 knots so we opened the hatches for a draft to dry out the clothes. I replaced the bilge float switch today. I noticed there was about 6" of water above the float switch in the bilge and with some troubleshooting concluded the float switch was defective. From there I replaced the internal line in the whisker pole add a foreguy, afterguy and topping lift to it. It will be a lot safer to deploy now.
Tomorrow afternoon we depart for Somoa with our friends Per and Elizabeth on the sailboat ODA. They are Norwegians and are sailing around the world. We have been sailing together from Tahuata, Rangiroa, Suwarrow to Pago Pago. Nice people. They speak very good English and have a good sense of humor. There is a full moon so the night sail/motor will be beautiful. Should arrive in about 16 hours.
Steve
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