Q: How long does it take to get an overnight air freight shipment to Fiji?
A: 10 days.
On Monday our long awaited shipment of new batteries arrived at the marina. It has been 10 days since we paid for the 12 large batteries and air freight to get them here promptly. Our saga began 3 weeks ago when our 'house bank' went belly up. These are the batteries we use to power all of our systems and appliances when we are away from a dock or marina. Since then, we have gotten by by running our generator 24/7.
I solicited the help of 2 strong backed Fijian rugby players to haul out the old batteries and position the new ones so I was able to do all the securing and wiring. The process took us over 7 hrs and when I finally flipped the switches there was great relief. Each battery weighs over 160 lbs. so there was no way we were going to do this ourselves with my old back.
We are continuing to run tests on the charging and electrical systems and all looks good so far. It's time to start looking ahead for a good weather window for our 600 nm passage to Vanuatu. Early next week looks good so far.
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