| Velux 5 Oceans: Sir Robin Knox-Johnston's Saga Insurance breaks all its battens again |
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| Tuesday, 14 November 2006 | |
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RKJ: Well, all yesterday's work trying to repair battens was for nought. In one of those heavy wind and rain squalls, at 0130 this morning, I reefed the mainsail and, whilst I was hauling the clew in, every single one of the repaired battens broke again. The internal splint I used just broke. So back to square one on this and in the meantime we are drifting slowly in the right direction but we are lacking power. I have another idea I'll try as soon as it gets light this morning. This drifting around in a race is driving me up the wall, so I need to get something sorted and get moving properly again. The port auto pilot has definitely gone senile. In a calm patch I switched over to it but all it could do was flash its screen on and off and squeak. No message at all. That is beyond me. Dolphins swimming with us last night. Could not see them as it was so dark, but I could hear them. These squalls give warning by heavy black cloud. If they have rain then they have strong winds, and that means gusting 30 knots or more. The rain is freezing, which is quite nice actually. Thats it, back to the workshop.(after a nice cup of tea!) RKJ Miles to go to Fremantle: 8653 Average speed in last 24 hours: 6.19 Distance travelled in last 24 hours: 148.6 0830 Tuesday 14th November 2006 Latitude 4 23N Longitude 026 16W Course 185 Speed 4.5 kts www.teamsagainsurance.co.uk www.velux5oceans.com Velux 5 Oceans album |
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