La Promesse NED7576

…. the repairs.
We smashed down and had to release all sheets to get her up her pumps again. 2nd spreader punched a hole in the main. Just too late with the main sheet and steer correction.
Code0 furled.
First reef in main.
Code0 up again.
Time to make this final plan that we carried out:
Code0 furled.
Genoa up.
Main down.
Wrestle trough 80m2 main to find the hole.
Dry the cloth, ungrease.
Glue patches on (both sides).
Thanks for this super strong and sticky repair cloth, Ian!

Main is up again.
Doing an average SOG of 12+kts with peaks of 20+ on gps.
PPfffffff.

2 baguettes, well deserved; Prawns/Brie (Bart) and Gruyere/Tuna (JanKees).

Bumpy start.
Lesson learned;
1. lee of Wight
2. should have set one reef in the lull of No Man’s Fort

Spectacular sailing now on huge waves!
Cheers.

BTW Floris, we haven’t seen any Opti’s here yet.

Knock down doing 22kts.
Main sail repaired.
All ok.
Chasing again.
Should be footage from heli on sevenstar site soon.

Goede morgen. Veel succes. Ziet er leuk weer uit. Fasten seatbelts!
Ian Wittevrongel

This is more than a stiff or fresh breeze predicted.

Lieve papa
ik hoop dat je niet voorover knalt met je spinnaker

groetjes van wouter

En antwoord

Ha lieve Wouter, gelukkig kan dat niet m La Promesse. Ik vul mijn achterste watertank aan de hoge kant. Als je een keer meevaart zal ik je leren hoe dat moet. Ok? X papa

Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race

Race postponed
10.30, Sunday 10 August 2014

The Royal Ocean Racing Club has issued a statement announcing that the start of the 2014 edition of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race has been postponed.

The decision has been taken to postpone the start of the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race 2014 by 21 hours. The new start time will be 0900 on Monday 11th August 2014.

The Race Committee took this decision after receiving advice that the low pressure system known as Bertha is moving more slowly than previously predicted, with the result that the forecast winds for the start and the immediate period afterwards includes sustained winds of 40 knots with gusts in excess of 50 knots in the English Channel.

The advice is that this delay will allow time for the severe winds to abate as the low pressure system moves North East.

http://roundbritainandireland.rorc.org/home.html

SRBI Competitors. Amendment no 2 to the sailing instructions has been published. The course is amended to go in an anticlockwise direction.

Is there any reason to get nervous then?