Gulliver’s Troubles
Great fun today. As described by our crew mate a couple of days ago, our Trade Wind sail has issues. The big tear we saw along the middle is now hidden under 200 sq m of furled sail, so how to fix it?
Advice from North Sails is to unroll the 35 or so wraps to get at the issue, then they can advise us on how to effect a repair.
Dean Swift to the rescue! Remember the Lilliputians, lots of little lines to restrain the giant? Well that was the plan. Lay the giant out, through the cabin window right to the starboard bow and across the cabin and cockpit to the port transom. (we are a catamaran which does help). Up with the cockpit curtains to cut down on the wind and one by one unwrap the furls. Eventually, little by little. the giant was tamed and the damage revealed.
Now we just have to figure out how to fix it!
Over and out.
Polly
Jadamama