Last night I slept in the cockpit with one eye open so as to detect any movement downwind. It was blowing up to 30 knots all night but my anchor held in the mud and whatever junk is found on the bottom. There are probably old cars, military equipment, cables, sunken boats and who knows what else down there. In fact, Sand Dollar may find herself stuck when she wants to leave. The new arrival from Chicago dragged its anchor about 200 yards and was lucky not to hit another boat. The wind continued to blow all morning and then let up around 1 PM which allowed me to go ashore and fill some jerry jugs with potable water.

Today I installed the new voltage regulator which brother Jim shipped from the States. The installation was straightforward but I will need to run the engine for quite a few hours to see how the batteries hold a charge. So far everything looks good. Two month's of mail was waiting for me here in Pago so I have to sort through it and pay some bills. All else is well.