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Jus'Do It 3 - wild and windy



Sunday 6th July

As forecasted, the wind has increased throughout the night to 25 – 30 knots. Some boats are reporting 30 to 40 knots, Annie is feeling queezy. As the wind is now stronger and the seas are building it’s now double watches; Ian and Alex, Stewy and Annie. The decision is made to reef the main-sail late afternoon – still surfing down the waves, occasionally hitting 13- 14 knots (Alex on the wheel!), but averaging 9 – 10. Annie manages to cook some pasta for the bolognese she prepared earlier but by the time she’s serving it out can no longer look at it herself! Wave heights have increased and there’s some huge crashers over the deck. At 3am a massive wave takes out the spray hood during Annie and Stewy’s watch. They manage to save the hand held VHF and various other items but lose Ian’s jumper, Alex’s swimsuit, Annie’s shorts and a Jus do it hat! Stewy carries out a temporary repair with sail ties to hold the spray hood in place. The life rings at the stern need to be re-attached and everyone’s in their full wetty gear for the first time this trip. It’s a very black and blowy night and a rough, but very fast passage!




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