Huibs dutch friend Bart lost his front hatch in a gale during the night and every wave went straight into the boat! So he reefed all his sails and hoved to (if you heave to, you lash the helm over to one side so the boat always turns into the wind. But you also put the fore sail on the wrong side of the boat so when the head goes up into the wind it gets pushed back again. This way you stay approximately at the same angle to the wind and don't go forwards very much.. william simon says...) and made a new hatch out of his floorboards!!! Pumped out the boat and by 7am continued the race!
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