You are five days out of Bermuda. A shroud breaks, your mast threatens to come down. Few cruisers can imagine a worse scenario. Join Lin Pardey as she relates how two different cruising crews faced this exact situation and came up with jury rigging that let them sail their boats onward without calling for outside assistance.

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Music: "Slow Down" by Yvette Craig