Andrea Mura sets sail. https://globalsolochallenge.com/andrea-mura-sets-sail
GSC Penultimate Starter
GSC
GSC Tracker
Watch the Global Solo Challenge RTW race here: https://globalsolochallenge.com/tracking/
Rod End!!
This means little to all y’all, but the lovely Nicole at Raymarine sent me a replacement Rod End for my Autohelm. The original is stuck in a lump of old tiller arm:
I should have ignored the surveyor report and just left the tiller arm well alone: crappy it was, but in a million years it was never going to fail. But… I meddled.
So now I have my new (totally different) tiller arm, which means a lot of hard work to retro fit it:
But – at least I have a new Rod End!
Doldrums for the GSC.
Only One Choice of boats for a race around Antarctica. Sadler 34.
Global Solo Challenge – on Piracy.
https://globalsolochallenge.com/mauritania-piracy/
Getting close to Africa’s western coast, aside from not being a logical choice as in typical seasonal weather should mean finding headwinds and opposing currents, not to mention the not entirely unlikely chance of pirate attacks. However, if weather systems are displaced from their normal position the fastest route may take skippers further inshore.
Even though pirates are known to mainly target cargo ships, attacks on yachts are not unheard of.
New Prop!
My new Propeller has arrived from Bruntons in the UK.
Updated May 26th 2022: My SigmaDrive also arrived from Bruntons.
Here’s a video of how it works: https://youtu.be/xdxY5Q7wXek
And, at the other end of the shaft, I will use a SigmaDrive to mount the shaft to the gearbox.