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Get your kicks on Day 6
12 May 2010 | The boat
Rodney
Today is the day we have all been waiting for "Land Ho". Our strategy to make easterly and then dip below the island into the pocket of "no wind" worked out pretty well. We made it to the lee of the island about 2am this morning. Then we were able to motor directly into the light breeze and make the most progress toward Bermuda. As I am writing this we are 30 miles away and getting very excited to make landfall.
Last night was fairly calm. Our mission was to get out of the 20 knot NE wind and waves. Our plan worked as best as possible given the fact that we do not point very high. We have been seeing many of the ARC boats at night as we all converge on Bermuda.
We will have to do a few boat projects in Bermuda. Our trampoline started coming unlaced on the port side. We need to fix this right away so we can stand on it. Our port jib sheet parted three times - since we were on one tack for the entire 6 days. I think we have figured a way around this issue, but we need two new sheets. Lastly our wind generator blades were slightly glanced by the boom one night. It will be a fairly minor epoxy job. All in all we came out of the passage with minor damage and the boat performed as well as expected. I was really happy with how easily the boat reefed when the winds got strong. This was a perfect shakedown trip to see how everything worked and set us up for our next passage - The Azores.