Nail biting stuff

Nearly there?

We've got about 55Nm to go, we're in the red, there's zip wind. Current seems to be abating. My handy mk1 eyballometer says we've 14 hours of fuel left. Assuming the gauge is linear. I'd like to assume that, like most gauges zero isn't cough splutter stop. Lets also assume my eyeball is accurate. and the current speed over the ground (that's the boats speed after correcting for any tides and currents remains constant then our ETA is about 13 hours. That's a lot of assumptions, and none of them are accurate.

Do we shut down now? Or try and make it and risk running out of fuel. Alan has made 40 miles on this little fuel, I was generous with 55Nm. Fifty might do. Might. Re-pressurising a diesel engine isn't difficult. But that would mean we've run out of fuel. And we really need that engine to get in the Anchorage.