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Anettine - 27. May



More unstable conditions to day with wind changing from S to W and up to gale force and rain in periods.
In the morning we had a shark beside the boat for a few seconds.
In the afternoon we were cruising along in 20-2 4 knots wind doing 7-8 knots with one reef in the main and two in the genua when we discovered a small damage in the main. We had three option, carry on and hope it would hold until Horta, go up in the mast(furling) and try to repair with tape or mount the trysail and use that instead. After two trips in the mast trying to repair, we gave that up and mounted the trysail instead. A very good learning experience. The trysail had only been up ones before, and that was in the harbor with no wind.
The average speed of course went down, but it was a good setting in the periods with rain and wind at gale force. We logged 9,5-10 knots with maximum reef in the genua and the trysail with a gale on our tale for 20 minutes. The adrenalin was flowing in the captain wanes while the rest of the crew was dreaming in bed.
Jonn took the last shift while the captain were in dreamland, and is now self-sufficient with reefing up and down as the situation calls for. It's a steep learning curve for the ex. camper.
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