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Zac Sunderland set back but bashing on...
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'Zac Sunderland arriving Puerto Vallarta in Mexico'
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Zac Sunderland, that intrepid teenager on a boat by the same name who is bashing his way up the coast of Mexico, hit a wave a couple of nights ago which has cracked the chain plates securing his port shroud and threatened his rig.
Intrepid as he is, he has jury-rigged a fix and made it to the holiday resort of Puerto Vallarta where he will make repairs. As he nears the end of the voyage that will make him the youngest sailor ever to circumnavigate, the tension rises, as do the good wishes of the many thousands who now follow his journey.
The dramatic photo on the left is by his camp-following photographer, Jen Edney, as he arrives Puerto Vallarta.
It's never dull on our oceans, and this has been a good news/bad news week. The good news is that seven sailors who had been kidnapped with their yacht while sailing near the Seychelles have been released and are on their way home, and that brave quad sailor Hilary Lister is sailing successfully up the Irish coast on her way round Britain.
Much sadder is the mystery surrounding the French yacht L'Actuel, found drifting without crew in the Atlantic. The story of the bogus yacht purchasers murdering the cruising couple who merely wanted to sell their boat made my hair stand on end when I first heard it.
Two interesting practical articles this week – 'String' sails and whether they have – or will ever have – an application for the cruising sailor; and some very sound advice from Martin Peters for when you acquire that new outboard for the dinghy.
...and that's not all, so skip through the headlines to choose what interests you.
Smooth sailing!
by Nancy Knudsen, Cruising Editor
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8:58 PM Wed 24 Jun 2009 GMT
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