Snuffed 20/11/15 1800UTC -2
Pgroshni
Fri 20 Nov 2015 18:20
Afternoon all
Somewhat frustrating day so far; the wind came round a bit ESE pushing us off track to the N. Having spent an hour messing around with the u/s snuffer for the kite decided to deploy it one more time to see how we got on. After much faff with the ropes and gybe launched the kite only for the wind to come round NE again and push us way off course.
As we snuffed the kite the whole fibre glass foot disintegrated while the wind freshened and had plenty of tiring fun getting it down and back away in the bag. Definitely only a very light wind tool now !
Anyway the pole is back up and we are heading off the same way as we were first thing running down wind at 285o ish.
Other news, Susan feeling a bit rough still but stoic. Nigel is saving something for Barbados.
We are having a sweep stake for time to half way point and arrival in either Barbados or St Lucia depending on if we decide to stop off before the official finish!
We are running 6th overall at the moment it seems, 10 miles behind Spirit who we raced in against and beat to Sao Vicente only to lose on handicap :(.
Trying harder .... It helps to pass the time!
Bit tired again after the long snuffer wrestle!