December 15th 2010

For the first time in 5 days I’m feeling able to write… Ralph finally collapsed last night so sensibly he ‘hove to’ (Mum, this means you turn the boat until the headsail collapses across the bow and you turn the wheel to support it, the resulting effect is the main turns you one way…the headsail turns you the other and lo and behold you end up balanced and pretty much staitionary) and we both had a good 4 hours rest, just keeping one half open but keen eye on th...


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