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Free Spirit - Log 16 25 May 2015



Considering the only sail we had yesterday was the Genoa we managed to keep up a good pace throughout the night.  Good!  Yes..but..the boat was heeling and tossing violently through the waves.  Moving anywere required iron grip determination.  So I held on tightly as I came down the steps from the cockpit but at the bottom, although I did not let go, I twirled round the corner in to the galley.  Bash!  Ouch! !  The pain of it all!. (I now have the bruise to prove it).  No one heard me.  Every one was "sleeping" apart from Peter who was still on our watch in the cockpit.

When it came to sleeping - that was another matter.  The relentless clanging and banging of the unfurled rigging alone might have been enough to cause sleep deprivation but the challenge to stay in bed was much greater!  The knack was to cling on whilst sleeping!  Mmmmm...Peter and I spent most of the night either sliding down and out of bed or giving up and sitting cosily squashed on the chair at the bottom of the bed out of which we had to prise ourselves to stand up again!

We were all a bit tired this morning.  Louis got his lie in which he had missed yesterday, but not his breakfast in bed as he had requested for Sunday.....after all it was not Sunday!  It was a horrible wet Monday morning and we would have to wait for calmer weather before getting on with the repair to the mainsail.  By lunch time the weather had faired up and after polishing off the last remains of our tuna, all the guys got to work, screwing, sawing, stitching, sticking to get Mr Mainsail ready to go back into action.  Hopefully, that will be tomorrow, if the sea is calm enough and the wind not too strong.

Michael did a spot of fishing today.  He caught a sea bird who was following in our wake.  Fortunately it was just the line which had caught up in his feathers and we were able to rescue him to fly again.  Just like Mr Mainsail...we hope.
Log author Carole

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