Last night around 4am on target for a fantastic 200 mile day run we
suffered a major equipment failure. The foreguy broke free and skied the
carbon pole in a gust (24 k) and smashed the pole against the mast
breaking it in two. A big set back for Team Tiki Blue however not
detouring us from continuing on and competing under white sails.
Everyone is safe and sound, plenty of water, food, fuel. Captain and
crew will be re assessing all resource today and provide more data in
the next post. Dr Rune and mathematician Mark has some ideas and we are
running calculations on new routing with our current sail plan.
more to come.. Capt Gary
4 comments:
Major Bummer!
ps we were catching mahi going 15k.
the cedar plug worked best.
GL!
adam
Thoughts and wishes are with you Tiki crew! I know how clever and sprightly you all are, so I have faith that you will figure out a way to go your fastest and to keep having fun!
McGyver up a pole...come one you can do it just need a bit of duct tape. Good job, keep it up.
Yikes! I am glad no one was hurt. I have faith that you guys will figure out how to make lemonade out of lemons. Keep your chins up!
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