At 2am we are now about 25nm SE of PagoPago, Am. Samoa. We are heading West on a heading of 235M and will turn North in about an hour for the final leg into Pago. It has been quite a 24hours. In yesterday's log I failed to describe what happened in the afternoon on the way to Ofu. After bleeding the engine and getting it going again we motor sailed for an hour or two and then the engine stopped again.

It seems that when I was bleeding the engine I mucked something up and fuel was leaking, from where I am not certain yet, and we ran an entire tank of fuel into the bilge and then overboard. The bilge pump counter gave the clue needed, 198 times it went on. No one noticed even though every time a red light illuminates. This is one good reason to have the bilge pump counter in the first place. I think now what happened was the banjo bolt on the secondary fuel filter was not aligned properly and the fuel return was leaking right onto the filter housing and dripping into the bilge. Not only did we waste about 30 gallons of fuel, and have to bleed the engine again, but now the entire boat smells of diesel. Even worse, after bleeding the engine again, and restarting it, we checked carefully for leaks and saw none. We then cleaned out the engine pan and bilge with dish soap and plenty of water.

Everything was smelling sweet and we shut down the motor till we needed it. When we reached Ofu we started the engine and motored around the island looking for an anchorage. Finding none we raised sail again, as described in yesterday's log. Late we realized the smell of fuel was strong again and even though the bilge pump never went on, I suspect we still have a fuel leak. Fortunately we will not be needing the engine until we arrive in Pago and then only for the time it takes to anchor. SO I am confident we will not have any trouble in that area. But in the end we will still have a fuel leak problem to deal with.

At first light we were about 6nm SE of PagoPago Harbor and by 7:30am we were motoring into the deep harbor. We watched the engine carefully for signs of leaking fuel but saw none. Looks good. By 8am we were anchored in about 36ft of water and by 8:15 we began to notice the stench of the tuna canneries that everyone warns is so prevalent here. The noxious odors are said to be much better then they were 10 or even 5 years ago after the canneries were forced to install scrubbers to reduce their emissions. Yuk. Otherwise we find the harbor to be no more industrial, in fact even somewhat less industrial looking, then Papeete, Tahiti. If it wasn't for the stench it wouldn't be a bad place to relax. We plan on getting our work done (repairs, maintenance, provisioning, retrieve mail) as quickly as possible and get out.