Sunday, July 27, 2008
spinnaker on a calm day
Broken windvane self steering
On day 4 the servo pendulum rudder on the windvane self steering broke. The picture shows the metal failure that was up inside the unit where we could not see it before departure.
The rest of the trip required hand steering. The crew was fantastic. We all took our turns at the wheel. Life boiled down to eat, sleep and steer with maintenance and sail changes thrown in on a regular basis.
Arrived in San Diego
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