L'Eau Commotion Westabout

9:00pm Thursday 9th August 2018 ( UTC-11 )
Well I finally bit the bullet and went about swapping the jib for the much smaller staysail which has been stowed up to now on the broken staysail furler. The conditions were absolutely ideal for the few hours after sunrise it took to get everything set up and just as well - part of the old jib got snarled up in the foil groove and had to be picked out piece by piece. Fortunately this occurred just above head height as I had been dreading the problems it might have incurred should it have happened half way up the foil. There is a problem I will have to live with and that is a section of the foil near the top of the sail has separated at the joint and is likely to damage the sail if I use the furler. On the bright side there are no winds likely which will force this action but the option is still there. I forgot to mention that yesterday I was joined for a short while by three Humpback whales, one very large, one large and junior. Conditions have been picture perfect with an ideal cabin temperature of 24C and I am looking forward to some more days of steady progress. Even though the sail seems small it is giving perfect balance on a close reach with the full main in the continuing light airs.