Tamanaco - Broken again!

After a great great day with the code Zero (see my last blog) during happy hour we heard « pop » and saw the sail fly into the water next to the boat. We quickly retrieved the Code and bagged it. It turns out it’s the exact same failure of the top swivel we experienced with our gennaker on day 3. Upon inspection looks like a poor design (yes, I AM a mechanical engineer) The guys from Selden, the manufacturer, will be hearing from me! We finished our happy hour, allowing ourselves a second beer for the trouble, and reverted to the sail configuration from yesterday, with the jib poled out. Lost about a knot of speed, bummer! In the morrow, weather permitting, we will hoist the Code Zero without using the furlin system, which will require some special skills to retrieve, but worth it to maintain our average speed.