UNBELIEVABLE!! Couple sails 2200 miles after LOSING THEIR MAST!! - (Episode 247)
February 11, 2024 · 25 min · 342K views · Tahiti
What this video covers
The crew of the 44-foot sailboat Blue Beryl sailed 2,200 miles across the Pacific Ocean using a jury-rigged spinnaker pole after losing their mast during a passage from the Galapagos Islands.0:11 The failure occurred at night in 17-knot winds and confused seas when a D1 shroud broke, causing the mast to collapse overboard.3:44 After failing to salvage the rig due to dangerous sea conditions, the crew constructed a temporary mast using a spinnaker pole, Dyneema line, and various sails, maintaining an average speed of three to four knots for 24 days.6:11 The crew of Parlay Revival later assisted the owners of the sailboat Dance Me, which lost its rig 200 miles from Tonga, by constructing a similar jury-rigged mast using a spinnaker pole and multiple halyards to enable a 400-mile transit to Fiji.13:57 Successful jury-rigging requires a solid mast step to prevent deck damage and a multi-point stay configuration to support sail loads.15:55
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