[password] ninkea14
[position] 01 54.5S 155 41.8W
[weather] Sunny, very rolly seas, E 20k, sailing reefed headsail 5k
[status] Day 32...An eventful day. After a very smooth and relaxing night, the wind and seas came up with a vengeance this morning and kept us busy all day. One of the diagonal s/steel frame of the wind vane broke. In fact, it was the bolt. Repaired that. Then we changed the halyard of the spinnaker pole as it was badly chafed. Then we were to fix one of the batt cars on the main sail but it was too difficult, we would do when we next bring the main down. This was this morning, then after lunch, the "piece de resistance" the port inner shroud broke!! Now that is a bit more serious. We spent all afternoon trying to secure it. I hauled Phil 3 times up the mast in a horrible rolly sea. Let's pray and hope it will hold till we can stop somewhere and repair.
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