Lazy Jacks, ARRRG!

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Our wine will not last; we are down to just 3 bottles, ARRRRRG.

We are anchored in Lake Worth and will be in Stuart tomorrow.

I hate, I hate, I hate jiffy reefing and lazy jacks. I really miss the simplicity of sailing Namaste. We had a squall roll in and it started blowing 40 or so and I had to reef up the main quickly. Well I managed to put a hole in my main because the sail got sucked up into a block for the jiffy reefing along with the rope. I really do hate the way this boat was rigged. It’s all nice modern expensive stuff but I’ll take a simple rig any day of the week with a standard reefing system. I kind of have to live with it because of the size of the bimini, I just can’t reach the boom. I need to figure out a different way to reef and I really want to pitch the lazy jacks. The main always gets caught in them when I’m trying to raise it, or lower it.

 Sam and Guin took a swim as soon as I dropped the hook, it’s becoming standard practice.

 I’ll get a video up once we reach Stuart along with a bunch of photos.

 Peace everyone.

 – Alex