Day 5 at Sea

Windy to start windy to finish with everyone trying to grab some sleep.

E and M woke to being bounced around in their bunks as the wind failed to veer as the gribs suggested. E retreated to Lidia's bunk, while Matthew just yelled, before being given my bunk.

Wind eased by lunchtime and Lidia made an appearance on deck feeling well enough to eat a bit. C too has partly recovered and made it through unch, but had to retreat to a bunk as well.

Around 1700 I noticed that the head board on the new main was not in close to the mast as it should be, and inspection through the binoculars showed that the bronze slide on the beadboard had chaffed through its webbing strap and now the next plastic slide down the main was over loading. R and I dropped the main and checked the slide. It was badly formed with two sharp edges on the inside and outside face. I filed it down and with R's help restitched new webbing round the slide and headboard while sitting atop the boom with my harness line round the mast. Photos to follow when we get them off R's camera.

Position while we wait for the pizza to cook is, at 18:50

42 16N 51 36W. 73 miles to the waypoint which is also the 1/4 way mark.

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