Position 19:22N 26:07W
moonshadowstar
Brian and Sandy
Mon 7 Dec 2009 09:07
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Bad day yesterday (Sunday 6 Dec). Just getting ready to
fix the replacement for the damaged batten box when with a bang the genoa
halyard broke. St/steel rope. Got genoa out of water +/-75kgs dry, tied on deck
and tidied up, cutter sail out, found first fish (flying) and looked at
fishing line, found the f line had wrapped round boat whilst 'hove'
too.
Managed, with persuasion to remove line, (thoughts of
diversions to Cape VerdesV and swimming in Atlantic) before success! Sorted
batten box and replaced a defective slide/batten box connector link...took
all pm. Main up, boat going well, celebratory happy hour, Sandy getting dinner
smells funny smell...not cooking!! Expose batteries; generator charge cable to
fuse v.v.hot, melted fuse bridge plastic terminal. Generator off to cool down
cabling...ok for power for the night ,so that's a problem for
Monday. |