Fixing rig failure mid-Pacific: ‘The mast groaned with every roll. It was physically and emotionally extremely stressful’

Five times we climbed the rig to adjust and reinforce the web of running rigging that now held the mast upright. Within two days they’d found a cargo ship, 365 miles away, willing to divert. LandfallOn day 42 the Marquesas came into view behind the setting sun from 35 miles away. Fixing rig failure: Lessons LearnedEvery ocean crossing changes you; some rewrite your understanding of seamanship altogether:Wind is not owed. We arrived in Hiva Oa with melted batteries, a rope‑held mast, and faith restored in seamanship and the kindness of strangers.