Text from CdG:
Position 47.50N 23.24W
No other news on how crew or boat are faring but forecast is for conditions to moderate rapidly through today and into next week.
Update at 1330:
James amanaged to ring on SatPhone. He hasn't been receiving any texts either so a verbal weather forecast was passed. He explained that the damage at the stern had happened during a double crash gybe. Croix des Gardes was picked up by a big wave and went surfing off down the front. Cornelius saw a speed of 24kts on the GPS as it happened. As she went, the preventer snapped and the main gybe over and back again and they think the sheet got caught round the stern and that took off the stern light and satphone aerial. The event only lasted a few seconds and they dropped the main straight afterwards.
Other than that, the sail is no longer chafing and all are looking forward to a bit less wind. They said it only really started to blow hard when the NW'ly came through and they're still in 20kts NW'ly with a forecast for it to back and decrease soon. The children are all fine and Elizabeth was reportedly in James' bunk eating porridge. Only one bunk is properly wet!
Update at 1330:
James amanaged to ring on SatPhone. He hasn't been receiving any texts either so a verbal weather forecast was passed. He explained that the damage at the stern had happened during a double crash gybe. Croix des Gardes was picked up by a big wave and went surfing off down the front. Cornelius saw a speed of 24kts on the GPS as it happened. As she went, the preventer snapped and the main gybe over and back again and they think the sheet got caught round the stern and that took off the stern light and satphone aerial. The event only lasted a few seconds and they dropped the main straight afterwards.
Other than that, the sail is no longer chafing and all are looking forward to a bit less wind. They said it only really started to blow hard when the NW'ly came through and they're still in 20kts NW'ly with a forecast for it to back and decrease soon. The children are all fine and Elizabeth was reportedly in James' bunk eating porridge. Only one bunk is properly wet!
Thanks for the update Sarah.
ReplyDeleteIt's become a daily event for me to search Google Maps using the latest co-ordinates. I'm glad to hear that all are OK.
Did you have something like this on the crossing over?
Patrick
Hi Patrick,
ReplyDeleteThe worst that happened on the way over was the period of too little wind! It was a very unseasonable crossing with lots of drifting about. We did have a few wild rides during the main trip and broke a few odds and ends, but this crazy surfing is a first for CdG in our ownership.