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We had a pretty relaxing start this morning since we were only planning on going as far as Port Mouton. Joyce made us some breakfast while I did some pre-trip planning and our regular pre-trip inspections (check oil, coolant, racors, sea strainer, belts, shaft coupling etc...) I noticed the belt was a little loose so I snugged it up a bit, maybe that was part of our reason for having low batteries yesterday. We fueled up and topped off our water. I was again pretty amazed at our fuel consumption We traveled 98 nautical miles in 14 hrs and burned 9 gallons of fuel, not bad for an 18 ton sailboat. With all of the preparations made and full bellies we left Shelburne at noon under sunny skies with a chance of rain in the forecast. We never had enough breeze to sail and soon met some light fog as we cleared Shelburne Harbour. The fog was not too bad with the sun trying to burn through and we had 3/4 of a mile for visibility. I was watching my voltage out put and found it better on start up but it started dropping off a bit so we shut down any non-essential items for a while fridge etc.. WE had our anchor down in Shelburne next to Carters Island just off the beach wow what great holding and a nice view. We had a nice beef stroganoff for supper which was delicious. Today was a pretty relaxing trip and we are getting used to sailing in the fog every day.
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