(Power) Systems Failure

Being in France again feels strange. Of course, we're still also in the Caribbean, but at the same time it feels weird walking around in a large supermarket. It's the largest store I've been in since the Canaries in October.

We arrived in Martinique yesterday and while visiting Fort de France today we entered a Casino supermarket to get some drinks. And of course I ended up buying Brie and Dan'Up drink yogurt. And then it hit me, about the supermarket. I'm exactly seven months away today, and I'm not yet thinking about tomorrow.

So we shopped and later today I hope I'll get some good news about our alternator which is acting strangely, that is to say it doesn't work anymore. We've been keeping the batteries topped up with the solar panels, but sooner or later the alternator had to come out, and this morning it did.

In the line of things electro-mechanical breaking down, this was the first to go. After that, the spark plugs of outboard and generator gave the ghost, and the shore power circuit shorted.

So we were saving energy for a few days while I was busy altering power cables and checking supply and demand. Then we got to Martinique and now the electrical systems are getting fixed. Who says cruising is all fun and games?

But of course, being in a place like Cumberland Bay St. Vincent like we were yesterday, it just isn't all that urgent.