Breakdown
30 March 2012 | En route from Solomons to Majuro
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Well if you've been wondering why Rob hasn't blogged in a couple of days, he's probably been just a little busy trying to keep the boat together and headed in the right direction. The night before last the genoa partially unfurled itself and got "hopelessly jammed". In the process of trying to refurl it, it was ripped to shreds. Then the port lower shroud snapped yesterday, with a triple-reefed main and storm jib doing 6.5kts. The winds have been 25-30 knots with gusts to 38 (last I heard) due to a tropical low near the Solomons. As Rob would say, "Egad."
He thinks he has enough fuel to motor most of the way to the Marshall Islands.
I'll keep you posted.