Off again "32:56.480N 16:26.042W"

VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Mon 4 Oct 2010 12:55
Vulcan Spirit has now said goodbye to the very pleasant island of Porto Santo and is en route to Madeira. The trip is only 30nm, so we should be there by dark this evening. A phone call to the UK has confirmed that our vang (a strut which supports the boom when the mainsail is not in use, or alternatively holds the boom down when it is) is indeed inoperable and needs specialist servicing - available in our neck of the woods only in Mallorca or the UK. life is ever thus, it seems. It will have to come off (easy) and get to one of the two service sites (not so easy, as it is filled with pressurised argon gas). In the meantime we're jury rigged and enjoying the sunshine.