By morning the weather was starting to improve slightly and when I went into the cockpit, I noticed a new sailboat had arrived overnight and was right snugged up behind me, a little closer than I’d like, but I’m not going to complain about it. I dug out the dive mask and fins knowing that I was going to need to dive to clear the intake, but the weather was still too windy and the seas too rough in Lake Sylvia to dive. I also figured that it might be better if someone was there with me in the event something happens while I’m diving.
It was still very overcast and cloudy at breakfast time and the light in the galley did not turn on anymore. I remembered seeing the lights flickering and glowing brighter than normal when the wind gusts were particularly strong last night. The wind generator is supposed to go into brake mode (slow down or stop) if the wind speed gets too high. I’m starting to wonder if the wind generator is working properly, the lights shouldn’t have been changing intensity. That is a sign that the voltage is fluctuating. The wind generator is normally tied to the House Bank (the bank of batteries used to run everything during normal living) those two batteries are under the V-berth. I grab my voltmeter and probe the batteries, ‘holy shit’ the battery voltage is at 18 volts, that’s way too high for a 12-volt battery system, even in change mode. I’ve got to disconnect the wind generator and I go out into the cockpit, raise the starboard lazarette locker and manually disconnect the wind generator from the system. Thinking about it, that also means that the light in the galley is probably fried, I’m starting to wonder what else is fried too. After an extensive examination, only the light in the galley is fubar and the good news for a change is that I have a spare. I was going to put it in the cabin and decided against it.
I make breakfast, then removed the light fixture only to see a big back mark underneath (no doubt this one’s toast), 
I replace the galley light with the new one and it works fine. Next, I go into the bilge and clean out the bilge pump seeing if anything is blocking its impeller, the bilge pump has, from time to time, been blowing its fuse. The pump is relatively new and it would be surprising if it had crapped out this early, I spend the rest of the day tracing all the wiring and testing the pump manually, but nothing is obvious. I am however out of fuses for the bilge pump so I need to get off the boat tomorrow and get some supplies. I’m planning on diving and cleaning the inlet tomorrow as well; slack-tide is around 7 am and the current moves pretty fast in here normally. My brother is coming at 9:30 to pick me up so I can get some supplies and ready myself for departure after the storm finally heads out to sea.