Jeanne Socrates Rounds Cape Horn


After Vicious Knockdown Now in Ushuaia, Argentina for Repairs.


Below is the excerpt from Jeanne’s blog, describing the knockdown which broke her boom and wreaked havoc below. A terrifying experience which she handled with accomplished calm. Go to www.48north.com and click on Jeanne’s picture to read her full account of the harrowing incident.


Wednesday 5th January “…We were well heeled, and there


were plenty of big seas… and suddenly, near 2:30pm, while I was fortunately leaning against a wall in the head, all hell let loose - and everything that could move was re-located to the port side of the boat… Water was pouring in from under the sliding hatch and there was chaos everywhere. Slowly we righted and soon after I


looked to see what damage there was - clearly there was some - no instruments, for a start!… but I could not budge the hatch to open it - try as might! I had to climb out of the aft cabin hatch to access the cockpit - which I’d already seen enough of to realize the boom was broken in half and the canopy/ dodger over the companionway was missing, along with its framework… there was safety glass everywhere. I soon realized why the hatch wouldn’t slide open - the halyard bag full of heavy wet lines, was lying on top and was soon removed along with several lines lying loose…Going down below, I noticed the perspex hatch was cracked in half vertically - a worry if we should ever get pooped. Next, I got


the instruments working - a connection in the aft cabin had been hit by flying/ sliding objects… In brief, I didn’t know where to


start... Tried to clear up a bit on deck - not much I could achieve there… down below - impossible to clear up wet things (all pillows and bedding were sopping wet at their end.. still beam on to oncoming seas) not good ... another knockdown imminent??- I tried eveything I could to get us to head downwind… a bit of genoa plus some stays’l... downed the remaining main as much as I could.. tried to tie it but that got dangerous in the big seas running, so was forced to abandon that... Later decided to reduce all sail since series drogue shouldn’t need any - furling line on stays’l broke - sail unfurled totally and flapped madly and violently - whole boat shook with the violence… not good ... what to do? Had to lower it - and keep it inboard and low down and together in the strong wind, not easy... As it flapped, it caught the pole and broke it in half… Things were going from bad to worse...! Once finished on deck, I returned below to the awful, dripping, wet mess


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there - even the chart table lid had clearly been flung open and its contents had been thrown across to the galley, to mix with spilled items there, including toiletries from the head - wet paper all over everything else... impossible to deal with and not drying in the cold, damp air. Decided I’d better let the authorities know of my plight - not yet life-threatening, but not good… Here I was in the Southern Ocean… and fore-reaching south in the dark at over 2 knots!” Read more at: www.48north.com www.svnereida.com/


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