Race 1 - Day 6
Skipper Report
08 September

We started yesterday with big winds and moderate seas and this enabled us to continue with white sails at speeds approaching 20 knots. Our work to get the yacht back to fighting conditions continued and eventually (perhaps with some trepidation after our recent experience), we got our Code 2 Spinnaker back up. Perhaps one of the few, if not the only yacht, to be sailing with two Spinnakers, one flying and one hugged to our inner forestay.

A couple of broaches kept everyone awake and we had one lifejacket go off where a crew member was working on the low side when the yacht broached. All was fine and he just had to have an early change of clothing (including underpants!)

The seas have progressively moderated during the day and our boat speed has responded. We are currently maintaining about 10 knots.

As of 05:00 UTC we had 130nm to go, so there is a hope and anticipation that we might get a beer tonight but more likely tomorrow.

Before we can enter port, aside from the normal practices, we have to climb the mast and extract and lower our Code 3 Spinnaker from the forestay. We shall be sad to lose the recent addition to our rigging, but it’s time the old girl is put back in her bag and there is no way we are having the humiliation of entering a Host Port with a wrap up the forestay. In any event, we need to raise our battle flags and Partner attire.

So we look forward to putting the yacht back into shape with numerous jobs and deep cleaning before she is ready for the second race of our first leg, the race to Uruguay.

Normal love and regards from the crew on Imagine Your Korea.