Day 2 - Risque Business Blog
Rich's 2025 World ARC PatBon Blog
Richard Hurd
Tue 7 Nov 2023 12:11
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We had light winds at he start, through the evening and
into the night. After an hour or so there was clear water between us and the
other yachts, but our attempt to pole out the genoa ended in a broken pole end
fitting. The workaround has meant that the pole is fixed on the starboard side
which limits our options as to the course we take.
The front passed through; the main was lowered as the
wind strength built and there was a dump of rain when the waning moon and the
constellations were largely hidden. We have decided to keep sailing under genoa
alone with the main furled.
The wind has risen during the morning and we're making
good progress with just the large genoa with a SOG of 7-8 knots. Not many boats
visible, but Aigle, a fellow CA member, has been hunting us down and slowly
overhauled us and is now a mile or so distant. Nice call on the VHF from
them checking if our repaired spreader was holding up OK.
A fist catch of a Dorado at lunchtime - but we let him
go as only a "snack size" for Nick!
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