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other stories. Kay slept during this time because she was not feeling all that well and

had not gotten good sleep last night.

We watched the TV in our own room at 11 AM to see the story of the kelp forests in

the seas. The attraction there, of course, is the wonderful sea otters. The video

included enchanting pictures of sea otters both floating on top of the water anchored

to the kelp leaves and exploring the sea bottom for food.

Lunch was in the regular dining room but it was sandwiches and cookies only. That

was also plenty of food as well and then we returned to our room as the captain and

John suggested. This was a rest day and a “take it easy” day for sure. Later on, tea

was offered in the Leda Lounge and they had some wonderful chewy chocolate

cookies. More reading, sleeping and then showering as the weather conditions

improved and the seas became less mountainous.

We went to Recap at 7 when John told us what had happened with the engine this

morning. Apparently, there are controls to run the ship on the aft deck and during

the night with all the water flowing, splashing and pounding the panels, moisture got

into the works and shorted them out. Hence the main engine cut out and,

reassuringly, the auxiliary engines came right on. We detect here a “design flaw”

since it seems inevitable that the ocean will often come sloshing & splashing on

board at the rear of the ship and hit those control panels. It didn’t take the chief

engineer long to figure out the problem & fix it (less than 15 minutes) so that was

comforting too.

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