The 2013 Atlantic Crossing: A Test of Mental Fortitude

Yachts are arriving into Rodney Bay Marina in various states of disrepair. Several of the racing fleet has reported blown up spinnakers including Rainbow who otherwise experienced little if any damage. Intuition was only about 200 miles from the canaries when their boom broke a decidedly inconvenient failure with so much ocean in front of them. Aboard the Yacht Hada 14 days into their passage the excitement of the day was a broken turning block at the top of the mast.