A Mediterranean delivery trip goes wrong: ‘I flew across the saloon and hit my nose, resulting in a severe nosebleed’

Three men in a boat embark on a Mediterranean delivery trip from Athens to Spain that went badly in almost every way. When the breeze picked up, it was on the nose so we tacked up the Gulf of Corinth. I flew across the saloon and hit my head and nose on the furniture resulting in a severe nose bleed. There was a call for help from above – the webbing on the clew of the main sail had split and the sail was now flapping uncontrollably, fortunately retained by the reefing line. While we could use the engine briefly, we moved the boat from the fuel pontoon to a marina berth.