Post from Andy, night of 7/11/10

We were ripping under spinnaker in the middle of the night going something like 12 knts directly toward HI when we heard a pop and the spinnaker collapses and all hell breaks loose. I get to shout "all hands on deck" and wake Bob and Andrew. Tim is steering and Jim and I save the shoot from falling into the water and getting run over and wrapped under the keel. It is total pandemonium and liners are shooting everywhere, green water is blowing us off our feet and Capt'n and I are trying to yank this nasty hourglass from around the foreguy, with other tangles around the jib sheets, our tethers, our feet; everything was total ass over teacups in the front while working overtime to miss the invisible rollers and not take everyone's head off with the boom.

Finally, we release all the correct sheets/guys/halyards and cram the thing down the correct hatch.

We discovered that the halyard cam let go and may be broken. Once we sorted everything out, pulled out the jib, repacked the spinnaker, and have a fix-it plan that should make us good-as-new once we get a little rest and a little light.

I am sure this is standard fare for seasoned salts but fun and new for me.

love Andy

PS. This is really fun.