We had an exciting early morning today. At about 6 am GMT the wind had
strengthend to between 20 - 25 knots, and there was a loud bang when our
Parasailor (large downwind sail) refilled with wind. We did not see
anything wrong at first, but then noticed one of the Parasailor control
lines was loose. My grandfather went forward to take care of it and
noticed that the block leading the Parasailor halyard at the top of the
mast had broken away from the mast. We got the sail down before the
halyard broke. Then we started to put up the main sail and noticed
there was a rip in it. We took down the sail enough so that the ripped
part was not up and my grandfather was able to sew a patch on it.
Everything is better now and we are having a nice sail.
This afternoon I did some homework and then while I was listening to a
book on tape my dad called me up on deck. There were dozens of dolphins
swimming around us. One of them obviously liked jumping. He would jump
ten feet out of the water and then dive down and do it again. He kept
doing this until he was out of sight. They were amazing to watch.
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