Wednesday July 14th
Noon position: 37′ 55″N 65’56” W 360 miles South Cape Sable, Nova Scotia
Course 039’T Speed: 14.5 Knots Days Run: 282 Miles (noon-noon)
Weather: Overcast and rain Wind: 225’T 16 Kts
News:
Timoneer sailed into the evening as the breeze steadily built, as we went to put the second reef in the main we had problems with the main sheet slipping off the feeder wheels for the winch. A good portion of the main was furled away at this point although we had to rig up a temporarily main sheet to furl the rest of the main away as the breeze peaked out at about 45kts. We kept a portion of the genoa and mizzen out to stabilize the boat and had to head East South East a times to stop the boat from rolling. The boys were very happy with the new non-skid paint on the house as it has slightly more grip making the job a little easier. By midnight the wind had backed to the south and we were roughly on course. It has been a bit rough to fish although we aren’t having any luck there either as a big one stripped about 3/4 of the line of the reel before we could stop the boat on Wednesday morning. Three of us reeled in turns in the rain and got it within 300 feet of the boat before the leader snapped just after the swivel, looks like were having lamb for dinner?
John