Rowing the Pacific

Roz Savage is rowing across the Pacific, and she’s blogging it here.

Bad news today. I cannot get the watermaker to work.

It ran well on Friday, then sputtered to a halt after a minute or so on both Saturday and Sunday, and today again gave up the attempt after a short and feeble effort.

I spent a couple of hours alternating phone calls to Darren at Spectra Watermakers, and head down in the watermaker hatch. I was trying to find signs of corrosion resulting from its dunking a couple of weeks ago, when the hatch flooded, but all the wiring looked fine as far as I could see.

There is one more option still to try – the corrosion may be in the switch panel in the cabin, which also got rather damp during the rough weather – and I will investigate that tomorrow.

But for now it’s looking as if water is going to be in short supply for the rest of my voyage.

Also, check out her podcast here, her Twitter feed here, and her Youtube page here.