{"id":23786,"date":"2015-03-21T12:22:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-21T12:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/?p=23786"},"modified":"2015-04-08T22:16:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T22:16:41","slug":"friday-excitement-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/2015\/03\/friday-excitement-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday excitement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first Friday on <em>Aventura<\/em>\u2019s first long passage in 2015. All morning I was wondering what was going to break because on many occasions whenever something broke on the boat, it was almost without exception on a Friday.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/pages\/Aventura-Pub-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Code Zero<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I didn\u2019t have to wait too long because a loud bang coming from the top of the mast was followed by the Code Zero dropping overboard and trailing along the boat like a deflated parachute. The wind was light &#8211; hence the decision to hoist this light performance sail. The halyard had chafed through and eventually came apart. With all hands on deck it took no time to rescue the errant sail and re-hoist with it with a spare halyard.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aventura-dave-climbing-mast.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave climbing the mast<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dave volunteered to climb the mast and establish the cause.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aventura-dunbar-checking-li.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dunbar checking Dave\u2019s safety line<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From the time he spent up there it looked more like he was enjoying the bird\u2019s eye view.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aventura-dave-at-top.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dave at top of the mast<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In fact he was testing our new GoPro film camera<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aventura-inverted-bird-eye.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inverted bird\u2019s eye view<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We are making good progress towards Panama. Cuba is stretching away into the mist on our starboard side and we hope to be through the Windward Passage and into the Caribbean Sea before nightfall. With 750 miles to go, we hope to be there in about five days.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Aventura-birds-eye.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bird\u2019s eye view of Aventura<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"morelinks\"><strong>Track Aventura<\/strong>:<br \/> See Aventura&#8217;s most current position on the <a href=\"http:\/\/cornellsailing.com\/de\/sail-the-odyssey\/blue-planet-odyssey\/follow-the-rally\/track-the-boats\/\"> Blue Planet Odyssey tracking map<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first Friday on Aventura\u2019s first long passage in 2015. 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