Arrived in St Marie, Scillies, rig saved

Submitted by Reini Gelder on Sat, 30/05/2009 - 18:29.
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After 40 hrs sailing close hauled with starboard wind I arrived in this beautiful place. I am depressed that I had to retire from the race but happy that I could safe the rig. Its almost a miracle that I did not loose it through to the circumstances when the diamond broke with a loud bang. I was just trimmining after I had changed sails and so could tack immediatly. A restart is unthinkable as proper repairs will take to long time.
The night before I was sailing with reef 2 and staysail and when I lay down at 0200 I was not sure if I had enough sail up. At 0300 I woke up when my UP SIDE UP unit gave alarm. It was set to 33° Alarm (heel angle) and 40° sheet release. So I put 3rd reef in and knowing I have had enough sail up all the time I lay down again quite relaxed now.

Thank you very much, all my friends and supporters, you have been a huge help to me. I hope to be able to start again in 2013 Reini

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Well done Reini! Auch wenn

Submitted by Dieter (not verified) on Sun, 31/05/2009 - 09:40.

Well done Reini!
Auch wenn es ganz schön frustrierend sein muss das Rennen abzubrechen, ihr seid sicher im Hafen, das Rigg steht noch, und es hätte viel schlimmer kommen können.
Auf den Scillies stelle ich mit die Ersatzteilversorgung nicht so gut vor, vielleicht kann jemand das Rod vorläufig zusammenschweißen.
Alles Gute weiterhin,
Dieter

Hallo DIETER, Ich segle

Submitted by Reini Gelder on Sun, 31/05/2009 - 17:57.

Hallo DIETER,
Ich segle morgen Richtung Lorient mit 3. Reff und Stagsegel. Hab das Rigg abgesichert - d. h. der untere Teil kann verwendet werden ist aber erst ab 25 kn wirklich schnell. Werde dann alle Drähte gegen PBO tauschen.
Liebe Grüße Reini

Good to hear you made it

Submitted by David Bains (not verified) on Sat, 30/05/2009 - 23:08.

Good to hear you made it back to the Scillies Reini. Best of luck with the repair. David.

Reini, doesn´t matter you

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 30/05/2009 - 21:47.

Reini, doesn´t matter you had to retire, you´re a winner anyway. I was on the same aircraft from London do Vienna with all your supporters. Good luck, maja(British Beagle ,Marco´s mum)

Thank you for your

Submitted by Reini Gelder on Sun, 31/05/2009 - 17:58.

Thank you for your encouragemant Maja

Reini

Das war einfach Pech. Good

Submitted by juli and sabina (not verified) on Sat, 30/05/2009 - 19:59.

Das war einfach Pech. Good that YU r safe, your boat is beautiful and did not let you down, and you and all the competitors on the race have more courage than i could dream of,
there is always next year, keep your dream
lots of love and respect J und S

Thank you for your

Submitted by Reini Gelder on Sun, 31/05/2009 - 18:02.

Thank you for your support,

Reini

I feel for you after so much

Submitted by larrythelabrador on Sat, 30/05/2009 - 19:06.

I feel for you after so much effort, good luck for the future

Thank you Larry, Reini

Submitted by Reini Gelder on Sat, 30/05/2009 - 19:11.

Thank you Larry, Reini