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• My friends sailing around the Atlantic can't buy a break. They just turned back toward the Canary Islands.
  • A good reason to have 'hammer rivets' in your ship stores
    • Actually, I might be tempted to continue... it's down wind isn't i?
      • Here's today's wind patterns for the mid Atlanic
      • I don't believe I couldn't fix that.
        • My thoughts as well
        • east to west
      • I'd seriously consider continuing
      • Many sailors do that trip with double head sails...
    • That was entertaining...
    • Or, a Band-It tool...
      • Neat!!!!
      • Jon, I've used a Band it tool for
  • Turning back?
    • Like a trisail, Piere?
      • Trisail kind of
        • "it's part of the fun",...
  • why not
  • If the rivets are in the "front" of the boom...
  • no drill and tap or spare rivets and rivet gun? Bummer.
    • Rob: With the gooseneck attachments on the boom that are "falling out", can't you just thru-bolt them?
  • Real trouble doesn't come ...