Attitude is the difference between ordeal and adventure. I'm going to try to stay in adventure mode for now.

This morning as I am finishing the last overnight sail to Turtle Bay the wind picked up around 4 am and I wanted to reef the main down a little bit. I am chicken enough that I prefer to be conservative at night for some reason. Unfortunately the wind was 13-20 and I was unable to get pointed into the wind to reef the sail. So, what does a lazy guy do? That's right! Turn on the engine and drive into the wind. Unfortunately, the engine key turned, the panel lit up, but nothing happened. I didn't even hear the starter try to turn. That may just be because of the wind and wave noise though.

So I'm getting my plan A, B, and C ready and figure I could end up on plan Z (fly by the seat of my pants!) even with the planning. I've been running the generator for a couple hours (at least that started! and also suggests my main engine problem is not fuel related since they share a common tank) to make sure the batteries are all topped up. Plan A is to try starting it again after the sun comes up after the battery charging.

Plan B required some research in the boat book and on the internet. (Thank you Starlink!) I reviewed the emergency engine start procedure and the engine diagram to try that if Plan A fails. It is very high tech. Use a screwdriver to short the solenoid on the starter. They did specify it should be an insulated screwdriver. I think I'll follow that guidance. No need to add an medical emergency to the mechanical glitch.

Plan C involves sailing directly into Turtle Bay and dropping my anchor. Then using my Dingy to side tie and adjust position if necessary. I'm assembling my secondary (emergency) fortress anchor as soon as the sun comes up to provide enough light. Assuming the bay is relatively open (which it appears to be from the charts) this should be as far down my list I have to go.
So far none of the preparations have been that much of a big deal, but I have had to move 70% of everything I have stowed on the boat to access the engine compartment as well as solenoid. While in a swell. At night. While I'm tired.

Yes, it's an adventure!

PS - Seriously don't worry. This is more of a logistics hassle to figure out and fix the problem here than any sort of safety issue. More later, sun is coming up.