We left Crotone for St. Maria de Lucia at 6 am. Weather forcast 20knt. but left out the waves of 4-5 mt high (12-16 ft) it was the trip from hel I was wedged in down below while Marco had life jacket and was tied on to the boat. Waves breaking over the boat and cockpit. As we were arriving marco needed me on deck and told me to put on a lifejacket for my on good not question asked on that one. As we were adjusting the geneo the furling line broke and the genoa was loose in the winds Marco had to go forward to cut the halyard and get the genoa down will I held the boat into the wind at 25 knt and 5mt waves He got it down on to the deck and then I had to go forward into my berth to drag the thing into my berth can’t afford to lose the genoa. Thank god for the knife we bought the week before for just such an emergancy. Will shit happems but we made it in one piece.
