Code Zero Calamity; Broken Shackle & Jammed Halyard.... Can We Recover the Sail? (Ep 100)

The time to sail has come! Long before we dealt with a broken shackle and jammed halyard we were preparing for this passage. But finally it’s time to depart and raise the Code Zero, pointing Calico Skies’ bow towards foreign shores once again! We are off to rolly, choppy start with confused seas. We get our Code Zero and poled out genoa up to stabilize the motion. We both head sails up speeds are good and we are on course to Isla Mujere’s Mexico, about 300 miles away.

We aren’t underway long before the shout of fish on is heard. We hooked a large wahoo on our hand-line. As we are about to gaff the fish it slips the hook. Not long after loosing the fish we hear a loud pop and notice our code zero is luffing. We have broken a shackle and the mast head and the sail is now hanging from its mast exit. Without halyard tension we are unable to furl the sail nor can we drop it as the halyard cover has chafed and is jammed in the mast. There is no other option but to climb the rig to manually release the sail. The question is will be able to recover the sail without damaging it!?!?

If you want a sneak peak at next weeks episode check it out here!
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0:00 Intro
0:41 Recap
1:18 Downwind Double Headsails, Whisker Pole and Code Zero
6:14 Chatting with the Delos Crew on the VHF
7:30 Settling into passage
9:07 Fish ON!!!
10:06 Broken Mast-Head Shackle 🙁
10:50 Climbing the rig at sea
11:18 Recovering the Code Zero
12:30 Recap
15:00 Let’s jibe back on course
16:12 Untangling the Code Zero to re-hoist
18:15 Poof Code Zero is back!
19:03 Time to Chill after 3 hours of nonstop motion
21:54 Sunset at Sea
22:41 100 Episodes! Real Time Update

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