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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