Monday 13 November 2017

Mooloolabaa-baa

Back to Mooloolaba, to cross the bar, where the dredge is working the river entrance, so it needs some caution to cruise into the river.  Hurtle Turtle and WOW are anchored here, waiting to head south.  Just before we decided to drop the main, Peter noticed our main outhaul line had broken, not much we could do under sail but reef the main, sailed to the bar and sorted it out up in the river.  The engineer devised a plan to undo all the sheaves and jammers, feed a new line through the mast, remove the makings of a nest (those pesky welcome swallows again!) and re-tie the clew to the outhaul.  Job done!

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