Log of the Yacht Magic Sunday 04.04.2010

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Sunday 04.04.2010 Under sail East and Abeam South Solitary Light

01:40 Bottom mainsail batten let go during gybe - All hands to stow the Mainsail and set the headsail. Motor started during manouver

Wet and windy night for all hands. I got wet...

06:10 POS 29º46'S 153º40'E

Gybed back onto new course 350ºM

Wind still 30kts at 170ºM

Nav lights out

Examined damage to gear.

Clip on Main Halyard let go and the halyard is free aloft.

Main sheet block on stb side of boom has let go and needs replacement.

Boom vang let go at lower strop and need repair

08:40

After some discussion Andrew D suggested we swap the broken batten car for one lower down the reef. Weary volunteered to be sent aloft to retrieve the halyard. Tried the boat to windward to see if that would be more stable. Very pitchy. Decided to run very free and send man aloft for halyard. Retrieved halyard successfully at 10:00hrs. On examination the broken car is indeed the bottom one so our replacement scheme is undone. Continued north and east under headsail. Windspeed is now 30Kts at 180ºM

09:30 Started engine to charge batteries and engaged prop at about 1500 rpm.

12:00 Stopped engine Batteries at 14.7volts.

13:20 3 miles east of Evans Head reef.

POS 29º08'S 153º31'E

Windspeed 20kts at 200ºM

All repairs completed to boom gear and vang working again and mainsail sheet block replaced. Have decide not to reset the main until repairs to the batten car are completed.

15:35 Abeam North Riardon Shoal

POS 29º00'S 153º34'E

Windspeed 18kts T from 178ºM

SOG 6.8kts

Set 1.0kts setting 320ºM

18:00 Off Byron Bay at twilight.

POS 28º38'S 153º41'E

Steering 010M for Pt Danger

Windspeed 18kts at 200ºM

No 2 headsail; poled out.

Nav lights on Coloured deck and all round white at masthead.

Runm and coke all round plus a few beers to celebrate an uneventful day and Weary's trip up the mast. Dinner by Bruce, chicken and Deb was a big success washed down with several bottles of Bin 28 Penfolds.

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19:30 Almost abeam Windarra Bank

POS 28º29'S 153º43'E

Course 005ºM Making for Pt Danger

Windspeed 20kts from 150ºM

Beam reach with motor and headsail.

New course to steer 000ºM

20:30

POS 28º24'S 153º44'E

New course to steer 355ºM

Set is 1.7kts @ 176ºM

Headsail only now motor stopped at 20:00

21:30 Approaching Pt Danger

POS 28º15'S 153º45'E

Windspeed 18 kts from 200ºM

Course 350ºM

24:00 Just north of Pt Danger, making slow progress with 2.4kts setting 160ºM against us

28º06'S 153º43'E

Windspeed 16kts @235'M

Port reach with Headsail only

SOG 5.0kts STW 7.5kts

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