16 June 2011
I take it back. That is cursing the man who sold us our new main halyard two days before left Panama City. As it turns out, the main sail completely collapsed and fell down due to a block shearing rather than the halyard snapping. Either way, bummer. Will have to wait for light of day to go up the mast and retrieve the halyard to reconnect. Hopefully the wind will follow the pattern of no wind during the day, just for long enough to go up the mast, rather than the 30 knots it is now. Then of course, please Mr trade winds can you make an appearance and make this trip a little bit fun! It's been great to talk to Ame from Gruffalo by SSB this evening. In the meantime, snails pace into the wind under reefed genoa alone, with 2 metre swells. The stuff that dreams are made of. At least, Mark and I have extra crew so we can get some sleep. Oh, hang on a minute, we haven't. That's why we're so tired!! Current post: 02.34N 81.56W