Very, very sad day for the Yumsuch!

We had the perfect conditions for a perfect sailing day sailing at 15knots of wind. Sailing close hauled at 5.5 knots. Then we heard a big bang! We both just looked at each other for a split second, the mast slapped into the water, and stuck into the river bed. We were in 12ft of water, we never thought we would run aground due to a mast. We managed to get the mast lifted and tied off to the side of the boat. We are just thankful no one got hurt!

A couple, Dave and Jessie we met early in our travels, were a few days behind us. But they caught up today and witnessed the crash. They saw us sailing one minute and couldn’t find us the next. They took their binoculars and couldn’t believe what they saw! They came over offered to help but rafting with the mast grounded was not a good idea. After a lot of pulling, cutting the sail off the mast we finally got everything tied off and they motored next to us to make sure we made it to port. Dave and Jessica, a huge thank you, you two are awesome!