Donald and Power Of One are on the move again after Power Of One has been laid up in Guadeloupe since the finish of the 2018 Route du Rhum – Destination Guadeloupe.
Donald arrived back on the boat in Guadaloupe on 24 February 2019 to assess the damages suffered during the race and to start readying her for the trip back to Savannah, Georgia. There had been some keel damage leaving La Coruna after the storm damage repairs were done so the plan was to take her out of the water and inspect the keel.
As you can see there was some damage to the fairing of the keel box so that needed to be repaired.
On 4 March the new VMHU (vertical masthead unit) weather instrument, and a new fuse box for the Efoy solar power fuel cell system arrived. For those that followed the race, you may recall that during the storms Donald lost three VMHU units due to them being ripped off by the intense winds!
So with the repairs all being done, Donald and Power Of One set off on 6 March heading straight for Savannah. The routing software was looking favorable for an 8-day trip on the current weather forecast. Donald mentioned that he was feeling quite apprehensive about the trip, which I reckon is due to some PTSD-type trauma experienced during those intense storms during the Rhoute du Rhum. I saw some hardened skippers reduced to tears at the finish of their race due to the stress release and hardship experienced! Anyway, I suggested that he would most probably feel fine once underway. :o)
Power of One 