Spinnaker wrap
Merlin
Kevin & Victoria Rolling
Sun 26 Jun 2011 00:53
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45 47n : 16 2w
After a day and a half of flying a spinnaker
without problem I decided the time had come to take it down just before midnight
as the wind had started to veer and take us off course. I put my head down below
to rouse Matt and looked up again and the spinnaker was wrapped around the
forestay (not good !) It took Matt 15 minutes on the foredeck before
the mess was sorted out and the sail in its cage.
We are expecting a 60* change in wind direction
before dawn and we need to be alert to take advantage of it. At the moment we
have the Jib poled out to the side and the sails are thrashing about in
little wind and a choppy sea - uniquely uncomfortable and slow !
We cannot complain though as we've had a great run
this afternoon with the biggest seas we have seen so far - the swell was around
6m in height and quite breezy when on top but windless and sultry in the
troughs. It was so hot on deck today that we both stayed inside as much as
possible.
We did however manage our normal supper routine of
HCC on the sun-deck !
There are a couple of yachts a few miles behind us,
the first shipping we have seen all day cutting across to take a direct
route to Falmouth. We are taking a more northerly route as I believe it will be
faster with a better wind angle.....
K & M x
Merlin
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