Repairs
05 February 2011 | San Blas
Friday, was repair the sail day. Connie got out her sewing machine and we repaired the sail. Finding the right needle to penetrate the sail cloth was a bit of trial and error but we got that done and then tackled the repairs at the mast.
Denny from Kokomo came over and between the two of us we repaired the halyard and the furling mechanism. However raising the sail was a problem as the the mechanism jammed near the top of the mast. I hauled Denny up the mast (his surgery wouldn't allow him to crank me up) and we managed to get the sail up. There is a splice on the interior of the mast that jammed the furler which we had to coax it past. Un like a conventional main we dont drop the halyard each time we sail so this repair should last some time.
Tommorow (Sat) is Jungle river cruise day an all day adventure ride into a bird sanctuary and crododile farm stay tuned.