ARC - rolling through day 4
Tillymint.fortescue
Wed 25 Nov 2009 15:23
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I'm back - emerged from the under the rock of
refuge that any good sailor crawls under when beset by sea sickness. I am now
seeking out Spike Milligan's cure for seasickness which is to SIT UNDER A
TREE.............alas not found tree yet
Just need to be brief because we are rocking and
rolling all over the place today. Doing well miles wise, everyone's sense of
humour still intact. Voyage pretty eventful so far - day before yesterday the
generator packed up and, according to sod's law of sailing, we didn't have the
spare needed to fix it. We were looking down the barrel of emergency power and
water rationing. Never mind doing without the hair straigtheners, hair washing
was looking perrilous. Glum Glum Glum.
But praise be to the ethos of The ARC, Alex went on
the daily radio link up for the fleet and asked if anyone would give us their
last rolo (ie a spare impela for the generator). We had lots of offers from help
and very luckily for us there were 2 yachts roughly in our patch with the right
spare on board. So we set a course overnight to intercept and at 9.30
morning we met up with Kalandia who launched the spare in a bag over the side,
attached to a line and a buoy. Steve hooked the package out of the water with
re-assuring ease as Skip held the helm steady. Kalandia - we love you, thank
you
Smashing, super, great fanatastic we thought, bagsy
first shower and all that stuff. Just need to hoist the sails again. Up went the
big Genoa and the then down came the big Genoa but in the way nature intended.
The halyard broke and the big white flappy thing fell of the boat and into the
sea. Luckily we recovered it before it got fouled on anything. Now there is much
chin scratching going on as to how to get it back up.
More soon - off now to see if a palm tree has
appeared on deck
ps check out the photos to see how Immy kept a cool
head throughout
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