Thursday 15th September
During the night on Andrew’s shift there was a loud bang. The D shackle on the boom traveller pulley had given way. Andrew woke the others and lit up the deck. Tony and Andrew donned life jackets and headed out. Sue steered Imagine close to the wind to ease some pressure off the main while Tony held the boom relatively steady. Andrew grabbed a rope and tied the boom down.
Amazingly sitting on the deck next to the traveller was the D shackle and pin. It was a simple task of refitting the shackle and everything was back to normal. Five minutes later Andrew was back on the helm, back on course and the others back in bed.
Morning brought a nice 15kt breeze off the beam so we put up the head sail and we were off reaching a speed of 7kts. But as usual it didn’t last. A few hours later we were back to motor sailing with the staysail. The swell has been a constant 3 to 4m all day.
Evening has arrived bringing with it yet more squalls.
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