(Photos courtesy of Yari Nunez)
Lotus is lying forlornly in Oyster Bay, without a mast. She looks a sorry sight, moored with no spars or rigging. She is surrounded by other boats in a similar condition. It seems it is re-rigging season.
We've opted for a complete set of new standing rigging, not cheap, but sensible considering where we're going, and we have no idea of the rig's history.
Apparently, Oyster Bay is a very nice place to be stranded.
Two more weeks and the rest of the crew will be frantically preparing for their flight. We have acquired a temporary passenger to Nova Scotia, Jane, but she's family. Lucky girl, she gets the fore-cabin for privacy, and the lovely motion. She should be fine though, she was in some pretty rough waters off Iceland and wasn't ill, even though it was a small motor boat.
The rigger is working on our double-spreader mast as I type, so it should be up by Monday.
Shelton & Dan sound pretty upbeat. Just spoke to William, so is he.
1 comment:
Boats without masts are never pretty sights - lost my first off the Runnel Stone at 2.00am in an electrical storm, the second in a rain squall in Chichester harbour - and the third on a reservoir in East London! [lazer - sqall again...]
Never made it across the pond. Six days out from St. Pierre [in a 23' gaff cutter] the skipper got really sick and that was that...
The fog on the GB is a bit depressing and stinks to high heaven - just keep reminding yourselves that 'even this will pass'.
Have fun! Beautiful boat, by the way.
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