The repairs were a success! The riggers came this morning. With the aid of a very thick spectra line from the top of the mast, the backstays completely loose, one guy up the mast to keep a watch on the knot, one guy at the bottom of the forestay watching the fitting and a big guy on the winch with the spectra line, we managed to get the forestay back in place. Tomorrow they are going to put a metal plate over it so it cannot come loose again and they are also going to put washers in the gooseneck of the boom to stop the play there, so we should be better than good again!
It is good to know that we will be ready to sail soon. We should be able to move from the shipyard back to Port Vell Marina tomorrow around midday. That will be good as we are a little out of the way here, amongst warehouses.
Arti
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