BOAT FIRE!!🔥 Ep. 37

Yay we are finally leaving Highborne Cay in The Bahamas! We were anchored there for 5 DAYS while waiting for the 25-30 mph winds to die down and are now sailing south to Shroud Cay in the Exumas! We had a fantastic day of sailing and even hit 6 knots a few times, which is fast for Turtle.

Upon arriving to Shroud Cay we saw that there were many boats anchored in the anchorage and we couldn't wait to find a spot of our own to anchor, so we could go explore the island. As we got closer to other boats anchored Kenzie started to smell a burning smell and wondered if it was coming from the nearby boats. In a matter of seconds she realized the smell of smoke was getting stronger and began to worry where it was coming from. Moving from the stern of the boat closer to the companionway she could smell the burning smell coming from down below inside the boat. She quickly went below and saw smoke along the control panel wall and yelled for Randall to come help. While still under sail and passing anchored boats in the shallow bay, Randall quickly came down below and turned off the power to the boat, then went back up to drop the anchor and the sails. We frantically searched for the cause of the smoke, but weren't having any luck! Kenzie was worried about a fire being hidden behind the wall of the boat and grabbed the fire extinguisher to have on hand, just in case. Her curiosity got the best of her though, as she had never used an extinguisher before, and she tested it inside the boat! Just to see what would happen! haha

We searched for quite some time before finding that the solar panel charge controller was the cause of the fire. We are so thankful we were on board when this happened and that we were in a safe place where we could drop anchor right where we were to take care of the problem. Thankfully no damage was done to the boat, but the charge controller is toast.

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