{"id":2641,"date":"2016-12-05T10:05:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T10:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/?p=2641"},"modified":"2018-11-05T14:18:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T14:18:38","slug":"arc-20165-day-14-peter-pan-to-the-rescue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstclasssailing.com\/blog\/arc-20165-day-14-peter-pan-to-the-rescue\/","title":{"rendered":"ARC 2016 &#8211; Day 14 &#8211; Peter Pan to the Rescue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"size-thumbnail\" style=\"width: 900px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2015-mast-sail-shot-main.jpg\" alt=\"Whilst clattering around up there he did his best impression of Peter Pan!\" \/>Whilst clattering around up there he did his best impression of Peter Pan!<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><I>The finish line is almost on the horizon but the adventure doesn&#8217;t stop as Skipper&#8217;s Mate Kirstie explains&#8230;<\/I><\/p>\n<h2>Third Star to the Right&#8230; is a Tear in the Mainsail<\/h2>\n<p>Sunday 4th December: Woken up for my 1800 watch, I was told to prep for some spinnaker helming&#8230; no rush.  However, on arriving on deck I was promptly summoned to spike the spinnaker. Andrew escaped from the galley for a while and it was all available hands on deck to drop it. <\/p>\n<p>After a successful drop, the reason became clear that whilst Charlie has been lying on deck, keeping an avid lookout (must have been for planes and UFO\u2019s) he noticed a tear in the mainsail.<\/p>\n<p>Ricky (after a silent fight for the job between himself, Andrew and I) grabbed his harness, a bag full of bits and monkeyed up the mast.  Whilst clattering around up there he did his best impression of Peter Pan, creating Ricky shaped shadows on the mainsail.<\/p>\n<p>After the photoshoot was over, feet back on dry land (or as dry land-ish a boat mid-Atlantic can be) he signed autographs and got back to the business of sailing.  This time under poled out yankee 1.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed a little squall earlier in the day, and on hearing what I thought was another at 0400 got up to help with the next one \u2013 turns out we were just gybing :0.<\/p>\n<p>Very sleepy today, sun sights then bed!<br \/>\nKirstie&#8230; Snoring Mate<\/p>\n<div class=\"size-thumbnail\" style=\"width: 900px; margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ARC-2016-Tracker-Map-14-18-30.jpg\" alt=\"As you can see St Lucia looks a lot closer this week. Will they overhaul Challenger 2?\" \/>As you can see St Lucia looks a lot closer this week. 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