I have been struggling to sleep the last two nights. Today I got woken up for breakfast and wanted to go straight back to sleep. Unfortunately the port steering wheel had developed some play and we needed to fix it. The key keeping the steering wheel’s sprocket and shaft aligned was missing, causing the play. While stopping the boat to repair it, the swage (crimp on cable) broke, rendering the steering wheel’s useless. It took us 2 hours to repair it. Ian did a good job doing the jury rig.
About an hour later the boat had settled back into racing mode with sails up and spinnaker flying. Only at this time I was able to make up for my lost sleep.
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