Morning All,
This morning we had been carrying our Code 1 (lightweight spinnaker) all night and a gust caught us out. We broached and the spinnaker ripped from head to tack. We then had it trailing in the water so had to let the halyard run through.
We are now sailing under the very small Yankee 3 and Staysail as we have to rerun both spinnaker halyards that have been let go in the last two days. We are severely slowed down by this and have to send someone to the top of the mast now. We also have a broken batten in our Mainsail so that will also have to be dropped and repaired as we watch the fleet pull out mileage on us. Our new recovery method for spinnakers seems to be over the back of the boat, and we still have caught no fish. Still sending lots of love in the direction of GREAT Britain. Not long to go now guys and then we will all be around to support you.
Dale Out