El Mundo - 06/12 - Spinnaker was up....briefly
Wind during the day pretty steady and, as it veered
slightly, we set the kite during late morning and were making 9 knots.... very
nice. We had just finished a gespachio soup lunch when there was a loud bang as
the end of the bowsprit detached itself. We managed to drop the sail on deck.
The pullpit had been bent a bit with the vertical force (the only thing holding
the spinnaker was a safety strop), so our guardrails are a bit slack. We bent it
back a bit but some further remedial work will be required at the other end. The
bowsprit has been rerigged but we now need to wait for some very light airs
to reraise the kite to try and furl it again (still hoping we'll need it for the
final leg into St Lucia). The crew are
all in good spirits and just took it in their stride...some great teamwork
ensured the drama didn't turn into a crisis.
Amanda entertained us with her 7 songs from key
points in her life...not sure what was worse Barry Manilow or Adam and the
Ants!
Our fishing efforts reached a low.....no fish again....but a bird attacked
the lures and snagged a wing. We were able to bring it in and cut the line and
it flew away OK.
We have just completed 2000 miles of the voyage, so around 800 miles to
go.
Happy St Nicholas Day (or Sint Niklaas in
Belgium).
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