Highs and Lows

Latest Position 16 57N 46 33W

They did manage to catch some wind after all yesterday and travelled 170 miles in 24 hours. Adam got the fastest speed which clocked at 12 knots. The bad news is that things are breaking. They have broken the spinnaker pole which whilst not disastrous is a major inconvenience as they were using it alot. Then literally 5 minutes before they called the steering broke which is a major problem. They have rigged up a temporary tiller rig which is capable of steering the boat properly but is going to make it hard work for them as it won't be able to be left for a minute, and will be quite physically demanding as well. Obviously a major downer, and without being able to get out of the boat and inspect things Pete is unsure exactly how much of the steering rig has broken and what parts he will need. This then leads to the question, will he be able to get parts in the Caribbean. I have started researching on the net, but without alot more information its a needle in a haystack job. On the upside its only 750 miles to go but at the moment they are struggling to look at that as a positive!