Quotes:
…. It was a long watch…..
….. I see no ships…..
….. All sorts of wild life is found washed up on deck in the morning…
….. Another failed attempt to hide a sunbathing addiction…
Wow what a day! The Skipper and Crew were fully tested over the past 24hours!
It started with a loud twang just as we were sitting down to home made Pizza. It was the shackle that attaches the pulley block and Halyard to the mast failed. The Parasailor flew without it's halyard and most likely the said pulley block and rope sat on the wing for 10-15 seconds before collapsing. This gave the 3 crew a chance to scramble on to deck to save the sail. The Skipper, who had been resting popped his head up to see what had happened and dipped back below to retrieve his life jacket. From a previous experience with a sail overboard it had taken 5hours to retrieve. By the time he was back on deck we had nearly all of the sail, sheets and halyard back on board. So the Skipper was very happy with us all and we were treated to a DVD and some Microwave popcorn to accompany our home-made pizza!
So this morning Dad inspected the mast damage from the deck prior to Jonathan being volunteered (!) to go to the very top of the mast to repair the shackle and replace the pulley block.
All set wearing wellies (on good advice from 'Jerry the Rigger') Jonathan managed to repair and replace the damage and took photos of the work he had done so that our Skipper could assess the serviceability of the repair. All looked good so Jonathan's mission was declared a success and we are now back to flying our Parasailor again and making a comfortable 8-9kts.
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