For the second day Sam K gets a MIB (Mention in Blog).  We started today with some more fun and games as Ceilidh (The Caribbean Girl) made another attempt to get us to head back to Bermuda!

 

Day light and the 0600 watch change revealed that we had a split in the main sail just above the 3rd reef which had been in all night in 20 – 25 knots of wind.  It looked like the split was about 10” long.  After a quick bite to eat for the crew we got the main down and the full extent of the split came in to view.  It had gone in two places both on the edge of the repair done in Grenada just before we collected Ceilidh.  One split was 10” the second about 27”.

 

Once the sail was off on to the coach roof Sam K set to work using some of his UKSA training and produced one of the best repairs to a sail on the hoof that I have seen.  It took him four and a half hours and early afternoon we had the main back up.  Well done Sam, great effort.

 

We had still been doing 4 knots SOG with just the head sail but we are know back at 7+ Knots with 1 reef in the main and the full jib.  The wind is slowly dropping of and we are just considering the option of going to full main.  However with night fast approaching we will probably stay as we are unless the wind really dies off.

 

Roy has his sea legs, he managed a Ham and Cheese roll at lunch that stayed down and a couple of snacks and drinks this afternoon.  He is going to try some sausage and chips shortly!

 

Despite the anchor and sail the first 24 hours after leaving Bermuda had seen us put 155 NM between us and our start point.

 

Having just plotted our position now we will see what the 24 hours till the next blog sees us cover.