[password] Ridingmore[position] 07 16.308S 129 58.973W
[weather] E-SE 10-15
[speed] 5-6 knots[status] Bugger. After tearing the clew out our last good spinnaker 3 days ago, and following an astonishingly brilliant repair job to said clew by all, we were flying along again for the last 24 hours, when suddenly this morning there was a *bang*, followed by Danielle's voice- 'f**k!'- the tack of the spinnaker has now blown out of the sail... With almost all our sail tape gone, a repair is not possible, so we are now spinnaker-less and on the slow-boat to the Marquesas... having lost about 2-3 knots of boat speed, our arrival date is now looking more like the 14th, local time. Doh. We're all mildly gutted... Anyhoo, its a lovely day, and if the wind picks up, or blesses us with a 90 degree wind shift *ahem* then we'll be back on track. Not holding our breath just yet... Still, its a nice day. Hugs from 7 degrees south, over n out.

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