We managed to meet our contact,Terry, whose services were contracted by the Cornell rally, at the deep water port (cruise ship port). He efficiently got us through the paperwork required to check out and dropped us back at our boat.
Carlos dashed off to find a few groceries while I readied the boat for the noon bridge opening. I started the port engine...no prob; started right up. Pushed the "on" button on the starboard engine...no response. The on button is like turning your car ignition to the first position. It doesn't turn the starter, just powers the system in. I started troubleshooting. The battery wasn't dead. There was 13.9v of power where there should be. Tried swapping out the start button with the port engine...no joy. Then I got more invasive and started swapping more major electrical components. After a few hours of sweat equity I eventually got both engines started without really finding the culprit. My best guess is that the ground fault error we had previously received when plugged into shore power was preventing the system from resetting properly.
While I was sweating both figuratively and literally, Carlos had convinced the bridge opening staff to come back at 4 pm. The issue was "resolved" a little after 2 so we grabbed some lunch then ran the dinghy down the beach a few miles and filled two gas cans with diesel. So we now have 40liters in reserve.
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