Sweetest Thing
Anthony Richards
Thu 17 Dec 2009 12:15
Position at 1200 UTC 17 Dec
21 10.341n
069 17.121w
 
24 hour run 167 nm
 
Wind ENE F4
 
The steering cable is fixed. I could find no contact point to cause chaffe. It looks as though the rope parted at the second block from the steering spindle and I suspect that the problem was caused by over tensioning the cable. Certainly the steering is now no longer a heavyweight wrestling match and the noises being made by the steering system have disappeared.
 
We remain on target for arrival on 21st.