July 21, 2014

July 20th and 21st – It has been nice having Barb and Craig aboard but they depart around 0830 for home.  Carl is troubleshooting the alternator issue.  We hiked to town to get parts to make a test light.  He has determined that the alternator and the regulator are fine.  He goes on to explain that on the male side of the wiring there is a small “excite-or” wire that is not working.  If the “excitor” is not working the alternator does not put out.  I quip that it sounds like a typical male wiring issue but I digress.   We hook a wire in the right places, excite the alternator, it puts out charge to the battery and we now have everything working.  We hike to town again and buy some more small parts and a new alternator belt.  This afternoon we will head out to troll for salmon, perhaps a halibut and anchor in Spring Cove just at the entrance to Ucluelet Inlet.