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We woke this morning to an overcast day with fog sitting just off the coast waiting for us:). Joyce put on the Keurig to brew a couple of coffees only to find we didn't have enough power to run the coffee maker. I checked the voltage and found my house bank completely dead? I switched to our starter battery after my checks belts etc.. and fired up Rose Lee and the put the batteries on all to give them a good charge. Our initial plan was to head for Lahave but with our charging issues I called Dave Evens (marine electrician) in Lunenburg and he was very accomodating and agreed to meet us when we made port. So afr the day had proved to be pretty interesting and our excitement was not quite over with yet. At 1410 as we passed Cape lahave Island 1/4 mile to port in 300 feet of visibility we heard a bang from below. Joyce did a quick check and didn't see anything out of wack but a quick look at the engine guages showed that our engine temperature was on the rise. I swung open the engine compartment to have a look and saw a shredded belt fly around (quick kill the engine)! We drifted around while I grabbed a new belt and started to install, thank goodness for Joyce,s organization we knew exactly where everything was and ten minutes later we were on our way breathing a bit easier, Joyce was getting ready to roll out the genoa and get some sea room but we got it done in time to resume our course whew!!! Without further inscident we made port in Lunenburg at 1700 hours, this was one of those days that you are glad to be done with. David had called us and was coming to the boat at 0730 the next morning and would hopefully shed some light on a few issues for us.
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