On Mon, 4 May 2015 09:58:49 -0400, "Flying Pig" wrote:

Shake and Break, part 8 - April 30

We left you with more thoughts of potential high-winds squalls, something
not normally experienced this time of year here, pondering an oil change
without the right gear and having plundered the "fresh" vegetables available
in Green Turtle Cay's New Plymouth settlement.

We wanted to get down to Marsh Harbour at some point, and the winds looked
favorable for departure Monday the 27th. There we could get protection from
fetch (the wind-driven waves that build up over open water in squalls) find
another pump for the oil change, restock some of our more basic foodstuffs,
and other chores.

So, at 10 AM, up comes our anchor, again, full of accreted sand and shells.
The sea is bucking sufficiently that not only do we have water rushing over
it from the front as we head out, the up-down motion of the boat alternately
lowers and raises the anchor dangling in the water, and it's soon rinsed.

In White Sound? LOL, nice embellishment, dude.

Before we left, we had prepared for raising the main, and then the staysail.
So, once the anchor was secured (we have a stopper which takes the force of
the mass of the 33KG anchor, rather than the windlass, which is what hauls
up the anchor and chain), I went amidships and raised the main. Once that
was up, we raised the staysail (recall we have a problem we also can get
addressed in the Marsh Harbour area - stitching failure on the clew - where
the control lines for this large genoa attach).

Try "sheets" instead of control lines.

--
Sir Gregory