Sept. 24 - Staysail tale

An unfortunate event occurred a few months back off Palmerston Island, located in the southern Cook Islands. A sister-ship of Infini, another Westsail 43 named RiRi, had her mooring pennant break and she ended up a total loss on the reef just offshore Palmerston. RiRi's owner, a fellow named Frank Conway, is here in Vava'u, enroute to NZ aboard another cruiser's boat. We purchased our new (RiRi's previous) staysail from Frank. It was made by North Sails in Feb. of this year, has three battens and two reefs, as well as adjustment lines all around. It's typical North Sails quality, and a much better cut and in much better condition (it's essentially new) than our previous one. We hope to put on many more miles on her; thanks, Frank.