The thing is, just now, it looks like Jean Le Cam will be able to hold on to the system for two or three more skeds, I have just run his routing and that’s how it looks. That is frustrating but I can’t do anything about it. I am under full main and Code 3, but at some point, I hope there’ll be a payback.
Last night was pretty full on at times. I had the boat up to 30kts on the surfs at one stage but the only trouble is you end up slamming into waves and that’s not good for the boat. So now I have started to go around the deck and everything is OK. The windex at the top of the mast has slid around a bit, but otherwise everything seems fine.
It’s interesting because one of the reasons the rig came down four years ago was that the runner tail slipped (editor's note: the running back stay was ripped from the winch by a massive sudden 55kts gust). I am now very careful putting a safety turn on and tying it off, but last night the runner ended up fully bar tight. Last time the rope cover was burned and here it has happened again. You live and learn.
Meantime it is starting to feel pretty frustrating because we just never seem to have got going for any length of time. The weather behind is pretty slack. We will just have to look forward to the Pacific.
