Heading for Marquesas day 18 at sea 8:47.062S 128:53.458W
South Pacific Familyadventure 2008
Claes Brodin
Fri 2 May 2008 06:20
Today on a surf,we broke the paddle to our Monitor windvane.It disappeared and is now very difficult to reach on 4.000m depth.After sat.telephone contact with Scanmar in California,a new one will arrive with Fedex to Nuku Hiva within 2 weeks(considered to be a warranty matter).We have to steer by hand the remaining 4-5 days(autopilot consumes to much electricity for permanent steering).Since the trade union onboard has launched a strike,there has been no "cockpit discussion".So long................