It's been a sizzling few days sailing. Things were at an all time high yesterday as we approached the longitude of Rio & began to head further west, hacking down the miles to go. But things never stay easy for to long out here when this morning (21st) while Mike Bisset was at the Helm we were caught in a sudden 27 knot gust of wind while the big Assymetric sail was up! Chaos ensued as the boat spun out of control & broached; almost turning on her side. The rest of the crew had just made breakfast!
In a couple of minutes things were back under control but the serious damage had already been done. Water got into a few cabins & the bow spit (a spike off the bow used to fly the assymetric sail) had been bent in half! The patchy wind then continued to bug us for a couple of hours, leaving us unsure which sails to fly. Now, at lunch time, we're back on track & hoping to cover our anticipated 180 miles for the day. We've also just crossed 0' 00" lattitude so are now officially on GMT! I think that calls for a celebratory biscuit :-)
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