friday27th Nov
Pelican
Darryl and Anne Saxton
Fri 27 Nov 2009 15:39
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Had a busy couple of days. A few problems , first
the laptop crashed and we had no comms . Luckily we have a back up laptop which
I am using ow. Next we broke the stainless steel bowsprit for the cruising
chute. I guess we had it riged wrong as it folded up like a drinking straw. we
think we can get round this by using the stock of the anchor to fix the tack of
the chute down but we will wait for very light winds before ww try
this.
Today we just had a shroud break at he top of the
mast. Luckily we carry spare fittings so it was just a three hour trek to the
mast top for the skipper ( Me of course , I couldn't send anyone else up a
65feet swaying mast in the middle of the atlantic could I ?) All now fixed and
we are happily sailing again.
Loads of flying fish about and a few landed on the
deck overnight. I have taken photos which I will poat later.
One of the guys has decided to bake a cake today -
hpe it turns out ok as he is putting alot of effort in to it.
We have about 2300 miles still to go and the wind
has been lighter todsay so we have made a bit les progress than planned.
All this reads a bit sad but actualy we are all
happy and just getting on with the sailing as usual.
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