Terremoto! - we are thinking of you

As previously reported 2 other boats in the race have injured crew on board.

Susan from Terremotto! suffered a pretty serious injury.

From Tettomoto! blog
[.....the boat immediately leaned over and Susan  fell 8 feet straight down on the lower edge of the cockpit.  She was harnessed into the cockpit but the harness is designed to let the wearer move across the cockpit freely.  So, nothing stopped her fall until her left side slammed squarely on the edge of the cockpit.  She looked like an egg that had just been cracked of the side of a frying pan....]

[.....Since her fall we have kept Susan still.  But, today, 3 days after her fall, she is able to sit up on her own and her smile says she is actually starting to mend.  She is one tough woman.
Each morning we discuss pulling the plug on the race and heading back to the west coast.  Susan is the strongest advocate for continuing on to Maui. When she was first injured the prospects of beating upwind to get back to the west coast in gale force winds we not something she wanted to do.  It would have taken another couple days and it made that option sound like torture rather than help.   So, we continue on.  We have slowed the boat to try and minimize the stress on Susan from any pounding caused by the big waves along our route....]

[.....We have adjusted the watch schedule and reduced sail area to a point that we think it is best for Susan.  Each of us naps during the day then goes on deck for two hours with the other two getting 4 hours of rest in a row.  This system is allowing us to rest enough to get us all to Maui.....]

It's interesting to note that even after slowing the boat down and not really trying to race anymore, just trying to keep Susan comfortable, Terremotto! is going faster that any other boat in the race. With just 3 crew.... they are tough!!

Paul Bieker (the designer of this Riptide 35) must get busy with more people discovering how amazing this boat is performing.