Here we are sailing again, what a relief. The mistery U bolt failure that
had me seeking cover into Brixham in the middle of the night has now been
fixed. Funny how one minute you are out there and on the brink of dismasting
and the next you make a phone call, a rigger turns up to your boat and half
an hour later (and 100 or so pounds) later you're good to go again.
The wind is not blowing anyway near the forecast force 7 so for the time
being the plan is to press on towards Mylor. In a few hours I'll have the
tide pushing me and helping me clear Start point and head towards Falmouth.
On top of sorting out the rigging my GPS has finally found those satellites
in the sky (cold start 5 minutes, right, that was more like 20 hours) and
the AIS is back up and the DSC radio also knows where we are... all good
really.
Ok time to check for fishing boats, there is plenty out here, Brixham is
apparently home of one of the biggest fishing fleets of the UK.
Ciao,
Marco.
British Beagle
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