wet cold and windless
Flamingolady
Sun 26 Jul 2009 17:18
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41 06 285 N 25 20.95 W
at 12:00 ut
The wind died last night and filled in in patches
and in variable directions and from 2 to 18 knots gusting to 26!!. Bringing with
it rain and drizzle.
We were struggling to keep the boat moving and
tacking to keep the course some where near the course of 050. You have to
have good reason not to be on the making tack and having tacked in the past hour
and its raining is not a good reason!!, well it settled down eventually and
since about 06:00 we have been on port tack making about 5.5 - 6 kts. At about
09:00 the cloud cleared and its been sunny, and since lunch have had a
reef in the main and a few rolls in the genoa.
The grib weather files say this will continue and
then the wind will head us and lighten. I we gat far enough north it will begin
to come from the west again. this is the start of the depression forming from
the east.
In the mean tome its back to walking around at 15
degrees. I am left how out of condition I have become. On arrival in
Newport I could winch the genoa with my left hand, now I am back to two hands
and standing over the winch!!.
mike
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