Last week we left Shayne on a rather pleasant trip from Antigua across the Atlantic Ocean on his way to Toulon in France.
This week shows the transition to North Atlantic conditions and the crew are slowed down considerably after hitting something in the water and smashing the rudder blade and rudder box!
Luckily or (unluckily!) Shayne has been in this situation once before on a Transatlantic and while it is not something that is enjoyable to experience (even once) the problems it produces are not unsurmountable and he is able to remove the rudder and continue sailing. The plan now is to head to the Azores where they will be able to source materials to repair the rudder box and find a replacement rudder blade.
We've also got a bit on tech talk on slave rings thrown in for your dose of yachting nerdiness.

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