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Me and little Haskapa are being fairly bumped around here. The stronger wind and bigger waves caused by the weather system that did all the damage in the UK have done a bit of damage here too!! Having spent a couple of days with the spinnaker up, Im now sailing along with a double reefed main and a little storm jib (which for non nautical types means two small sails!!!), and still doing some amazing, exhilarating surfing down big waves!!! However, the conditions have put a lot of pressure on the boat, and the fitting which connects the kicking strap to the mast has sheered off (again, for the benefit of non boaty types, a thingy attached to the pointy stick thingy has broken!!). Not critical, and have rerigged it, but it needs to be sorted as it has also compromised the waterproofing where the mast goes through the cabin roof. I also found a leak! Haskapa only has two holes in the hull, where transducers for speed and depth go. The speed one was leaking, but rather ironically leaked more the faster the boat goes. Im pretty confident that this is not how it is designed to work!! Strange choice of sailing and sinking fast, or sinking at a more leisurely pace!!! Anyway - thats fixed too!! As result, Im going to stop off in the Canaries, probably in La Gomera, given the current course Im able to make and the weather forecast. This is very disappointing in terms of what Id originally planned, but it would be silly to not get things sorted when I have the chance to do so. Morale is a little low as a result, not helped by having the feeling of being inside a washing machine! I recall this sensation very well from our transatlantic row in 2005/6, when encountering not dissimilar conditions! This is marginally better because Im not having to go out and row every two hours (well hopefully not anyway!!). Oops - just had to pop off to break something else!! Now have a hole in the mainsail!! Only a little one!! Thank you for all your messages - really appreciated.

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