Spindrift ARC Log - Day 14

Austins' Travels
Chris & Lynn Austin
Sat 3 Dec 2011 16:02
Last night the genoa (headsail) ripped, so we had to roll it away until this morning. We tried both of the spare genoas to see which is best and now have one hoisted and the other tied on deck all ready to go if needed, but we lost hours of progress - and now the wind has died and changed direction.
The log (that tells how fast and far you go stopped working too, but has now recovered - it may have been something caught on the paddle wheel under the boat.
The sail change dominated the morning when we had a decent wind and now we are wallowing at 4 knots and not in quite the right direction.
Fortunately the rip in the sail looks very repairable once we get to St Lucia and a sail maker.
There isn't a lot we can do about the wind and we have tried different sail combinations.
But everyone is still in good humour and we are still making progress.

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