9 April

Sweetest Thing
Anthony Richards
Sat 9 Apr 2011 13:29
Position at 1200 UTC 9 April
35 46.041n
069 51.161w
 
24 hour run 140 nm
 
Wind NW F6
 
What a night! We were expecting strong winds, rain and lightning close to the centre of vigorous shallow low pressure system and we certainly got it! What we were not expecting is that the low would not move southeast as predicted, but east. With the big winds and swell we had last night there was no option but to run before it and by daybreak we were headed northeast - back to Europe. Not ideal.
 
Now we are headed west making way slowly. To the north east there is a large area of rain cloud which I hope will bring the easterlies we are looking for. Fingers crossed.