More events!!
Simanderal
Michael Hughes and Ger White
Thu 12 Aug 2010 04:19
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Well we continue to have an eventful passage. We
made a temporary fix to the genoa clew which I hope will enable us to use it in
lighter winds--but no way in the winds we were experiencing
yesterday.
Meanwhile this morning we've been having problems
with the autopilot--hand steering for an hour. Having re-booted,It it is
working ok ---but we await further events. This time the issues are
electronic--we sorted the mechanical problems in Vanuatu, and they are
fine.
But it's a fine morning, and the seas are down as
is the wind--as forecast. We have the cruising chute up and are making good
speed again. Only problem is we know we have to pass through a very wet and
windy trough sometime over the next few hours--no place for a cruising
chute.................
at this point I saved the message as we just had an
SSB call from a yacht 20 miles ahead to say they were just through the
front--wind went from stroing NE to stronger SW within a minute--35 knots--so we
took the chute down and are motoring till we're through it--any time
now!!
So, cheers--all is well--events, dear boy, events
(PM Macmillan for those who have problems with
quotations)
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