Third Week
JABA
Basil Panakis
Mon 26 May 2014 11:36
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I went up in the dark to tack. That done, back to bed.
Had a short nap and went up to see how things were going and to my surprise
the self steering was not driving the boat. Its line was tight and disconnected.
Had a look over the back and could see the port bracket had sheared off and
dropped a couple of inches. The stb side one had half sheared. I secured the
Hasler with some lines, disengaged the blade and let the boat steer itself.
It is 120 NM to Praia (Terceira) from here, with the
wind against me I recon couple of days tacking. I would have either to weld new
plates or have a new bracket made.
It is all part of the fun.
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