A cheery crew today as we passed half way during the night. We will be having our half way party at lunch today!
An interesting day again, but a good run over the day. We launched the Parasailor in the morning and lowered her at dusk. Finding some chafe on the halyard. We changed back to dyneema this morning and will keep monitoring.
Last night, as Harry was not coping so well we had to helm manually all night, not too bad with 5 of us, allowing 1 hour spells at the helm. we have played with the auto pilot but no response. Hanse and auto pilots do not seem to work well together - hopefully someone will be a made available to us in St Lucia to get it fixed!
In the evening as we launched the Jib, another minor incident as the becket screw on the sheet block (tacking assembly) parted. A minor issue which we will fix this morning. At least the "minor issues" give us something to do!
With the Parasailor up today and good winds we hope for another good run. During the day yesterday we caught and overtook a few other yachts in the vicinity - great for Moral! Even better, we made water last night so showers all round today!!!
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