Location: 41° 45 59 N, 64° 58 12 W
Tuesday 12:00, 03.28.2006

The Schooner Maggie B left Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on route for Bermuda on March 27 at 1320. At noon on March 28 she was at 41° 45.59 North, 64° 58.12 West or 162 miles from Lunenburg and 558 miles to Bermuda. In her first 24 hours run, she went 168 NM, an average of 7 knots.

Weather is fair and plus 4 C. Wind NNW at 15-20. Sea state is swells of 3 meters with chop of 1 meter. Course is 220 degrees at 8 knots. All is well.

No sooner I typed the last sentence than the main peak halyard let go due to chafe at the saddle (we had been under full main and working jib). Within an hour we had the fore up with one reef and the main halyard repaired and rehoisted with one reef and were back doing 7-8 knots. Did I also mention that last night the oil filter of the engine came off during charging and blew out all the oil before it was shut down in 10 seconds? All repaired also. And there is something caught in the prop and it will not feather (better than not unfeathering).

We had a big troop of dolphin playing around us as we were fixing the main and a tired Junco aboard for an hour.

All is well.