Hydraulic failure

Peyton weigel

Strange trip to Raiatea. We left Mo’orea with a perfect 20kts right on our tail and had three hours of really fantastic downwind sailing. When we hit the wall of squallls on the horizon all of the wind just dropped to un-salable levels. We waited for awhile, changed sails, jibed a couple times and finally another squall came with some wind. When reefing down the main, the hydraulic inmast furler began acting up and eventually stopped entirely after we got a reef in. After investigating we discovered a blown hose in the mast. With a tight schedule over the next two weeks with family coming to Bora Bora, we decided to press on with the engine rather than turning back for Tahiti while a plan is made for a repair.

Boat & Crew

Azurite

Oyster, 56

Casey Joerndt

Bartender

Melissa Valentini

Hitching a ride

Julie Dauer

Deckhand

leanne schliesman

First Mate

Luca

Deckhand

Peyton weigel

Owner