Thursday Mar 26,09
We really earned our breakfast today!
About halfway through our night watch. The wind was a gusty force 5, the gusts were up to force 6
apparently,and we were sailing “Full and By” as close to the wind as we could go. We took in all sail and
then had to go aloft and stow it as well. While we were stowing the mainsail the Sun came up behind the
island of Saba which we were passing at the time. The Sun cast a shadow of Nick SA, David and I on the
Main Topmast Staysail. We looked a surprisingly salty trio wrestling with the heavy sail as it flogged a bit
in its gear. :-)
The 8-12 watch had some excitement as well, about 3:00am the sheet on the flying jib parted with what
sounded like a gunshot. I woke up in my bunk to the roaring and deep bass rumbling of the flying jib as it
flogged madly. The watch rushed to take it in before it totally shredded itself or wrenched the jib boom
awry. I was glad to still have 45 minutes before I had to be on deck!
We are now motoring into fairly heavy seas and a steady Force 5 wind from the NNE trying to make
Anguilla by early afternoon.
More later…
Arrived in Anguilla around 3:30 this afternoon.
Anchored and headed ashore for the evening.
Believe it or not I am sitting in the Reggae Festival called Moonsplash and thought I would see if there
was Internet and surprise there was!
Should be a cool evening mon :-)
Thanks for reading.
KJ
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