That's what three Danish boys in the Cape Verde's asked us when they saw our rigging.
We told them it was a Square sail for going sideways, and yes they did believe us for a second :-)
But in fact, it's our Roller furling & Genoa sail strapped to the side of the boat after our forestay broke on day 5, 585nm out of Las Palmas. After a 2 hour Chinese Fire Drill we got the mast re-rigged with several halyards and the roller furling strapped to the life lines. Under motor for 3 days saw us safely into Sao Vincente, Cape Verde's.
We now hope repairs to be complete and we can get back under way by the end of this week. Hopefully we will re-join the Arc in St. Lucia before the parties end!
Crew of Minaxi
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