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Thula - day 2 high winds and hydraulics



The race started well with winds in the mid 20's and quite a bit of swell. Thula took the conditions in stride and was pushing 10knots and surfing down big waves making 12 at times. Later in the day when the fleet started to thin out we were greeted by a large pod of dolphins that played all around us and in our bow wake.

And later that evening just to make things interesting our hydraulic furlers decided to stop working. We reefed to very short sails by hand and are at work finding the fault in the system.
Spirits are high and everyone is happy, healthy and well.

mike

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