Ok Ok…. its a bit of a dramatic title but that’s what Sailing Today called it! This article goes along with the video I made of a 700nm solo passage from the Canary Islands to the Azores, when I was caught in 50kt winds, tore my mail sail, the engine broke down and deployed the drogue.
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Nice one!! 😀