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.
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