13 July 2009
Flamingolady
Mon 13 Jul 2009 11:44
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38 18.877 N 43 06.531 w
12:00 UT 13 July 09
The wind continues to be helpful and we make
progress and Flamingo Lady is, currently on starboard gybe making
080 magnet with a target course of 100 m
Very pleasant sailing although as yet not as hot as
yesterday but its still early 09:00. The night was good with clear sky's
lots of moon and plenty of stars to gaze at. And only about an hours rain
Small problem with the monitor steering gear , the
shaft broke!! it had been fatiguing for some time and just dropped off. the good
news, the monitor rudder was tied on so it was attached to Flamingo Lady and we
have a spare shaft as it is designed to fail in case of a collision with a solid
underwater object. It took and hour to sort out the fix and it was not
easy refitting the rudder assembly , would have needed some ingenuity
if I had been single handed, may have even necessitates a swim, as it was I
could get the location pin in position by climbing on the frame and hanging over
the end. I did wear a harness and was attaches in two places.
Alls well now and we are moving along at
7 knots with a little rolling.
Mike
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