The engine problems got worse last night, and we weren't able to motor much last night. We needed to as well, as we are crossing a wind transition zone where the winds should be pushing us the right direction soon. So, we made some progress yesterday and last night, but not much. We have turned east for the most part!

We were too tired last night for a blog. We're all pretty tired right now too. Our night shifts are much more work when there is little wind and a quirky engine.

AND NOW FOR THE GOOD NEWS!!

This morning, Scott did a "process of elimination" testing of the engine and we have identified the source of the problem as the electric priming pump! We are currently bypassing this priming pump (we can bleed the system by hand) and the engine is now working! We are almost to the point where we should start seeing enough wind where we won't need the engine, but the high is still pretty far north for this time of year. If it moves south, we will make some good progress.