Indian Ocean - Day 9
Anastasia
Phil May and Andrea Twigg
Wed 10 Oct 2012 13:24
18:10.7S 066:24.6E 1840 miles covered, 520
miles to go
Today the winds were light and so we decided to put
up a spinnaker. Our first choice was the new asymmetric spinnaker we got
in Australia, but which fell into the ocean at the start of the
passage. Unfortunately when repairing the broken cable we found quite a
lot of small holes in the sail which will require more repair tape than we have
onboard, so that went back in the locker.
Out came the much patched up old asymmetric.
It went up cleanly but quite soon collapsed, at which point the snuffer
snagged in the top of the sail and ripped some holes in it. Unable to
snuff the sail we had to just dump it unceremoniously on the foredeck with
everybody grabbing a piece as it came down. (We had a bit more of a plan
than that, but things seldom go as planned with spinnakers.) Anyway
we managed to get it down without either sail or crew going
overboard. Then we all had some sweaty work
lugging the sail back to the cockpit, taping it up, re-snuffing it, lugging it
back to the foredeck and re launching it. It is up now, and seems
fairly stable, so hopefully it will fly OK overnight.
The only thing is we can't agree on the meaning of
the new symbol on our sail. I think it is a symbol of friendship.
Andrea thinks they look like grave markers. You
choose. |