Taking a Break
27 September 2014 | Alofi, Niue
Saturday 27 September 2014
Have been too busy screwing around to write for the last week, you lucky rascals, but figured at least one message from Niue would be in order despite popular demand. Again it's with a synopsis, but you really don't want to know gory details anyway. Trust me.
Cool diving, cool caves, great coffee at the Crazy Uga Cafe. 3/4" rigging screw broke in big swells, releasing roller furling attached headstay to wander about the deck breaking things until someone ashore saw and secured it. Inner stay held the mast up until we could be found caving to come back and begin remediation activities. Found someone to weld the screw (with regular steel as no stainless available), then reinstalled it while futilely attempting to have replacement shipped in. More cool diving and great coffee.
Heading for Tonga today where part, hopefully, will be shipped before heading down to New Zealand.
Jack