Atlantic Ocean Dinghy Disaster

We lost our dinghy in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean crossing from Florida to Portugal. Most sailboats don't hoist their dinghy on davits while sailing across the Atlantic. The seas can be rough and can easily swamp a dinghy, weighing down and snapping off the davits. Just the weight of the dinghy bouncing up and down with each wave or swell can also be deadly for the davits. This is what happened to the sailboat we were crewing on. Rosa del Mar’s davits snapped midway between Bermuda and the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean.

Now that the davits are broken, and we know about it, the question becomes, how do we handle it? What do we do? Will we make the right decisions? It's not an exaggeration to say that the situation could become deadly if we approach it wrong.

Our sailing trip across the Atlantic Ocean hasn't been going well. The seas have been rough, and the wind and waves are on the bow. The mainsail is broken and does not function. The transmission won't function in reverse, making docking impossible. Almost every window and every hatch leaks, our clothing and bedding are soaked. We are miserable. We invite you to continue following our journey to see how it concludes.

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