180 degreess
Karinya
Tim And Vicki Schofield, Captain Cal 7 and Jess 4
Sat 4 Dec 2010 08:29
Hi All
Yes I can hear everyone saying, "the Schofields
have become so boring since they left the UK" They used to be relatively
interesting, we could discuss sport (especially rugby), world politics,
business, high street shopping and even religion, but now all they seem to talk
about is THE WEATHER. "Don't think we will invite them to the next dinner party
unless those boring work colleagues come"
Well in our defense, it's not the weather, it's the
wind! (yes a specialist topic for 10) I look at it as the 180 degree rule now.
For ease and keeping weather as the main topic I'm going to call these
fronts.
Warm front: (WF) Wind Easterly boat heading West
waves behind good speed
Cold Front (CF) Winds westerly boat trying westerly
washing machine
WF: Sailing at 7 kts hatches open fresh breeze
through boat
CF the wave that came through the hatch and landed
on the bed....complete with fresh flying fish
WF: The gourmet food Vicki is providing even on the
roughest days
CF: The gourmet food Vicki has provided making a
2nd appearance on the cockpit floor or stuck in the head
CF. As mentioned before, we out of fresh vegetables
WF. We still have lots of cabbage
CF. The aroma the cabbage creates
WF: Me saying the Pacific crossing will definitely
have trade winds
CF: The look from Vicki when I mention another
ocean crossing
WF: Me announcing to Vicki, Kids Christian "Hey
guys well done we half way there.
CF: Vicki it's 13 days and we only half way
there!!
WF: Vicki getting woken up to her feet getting
massaged
CF: It's 3AM rough and Tim's only doing it as it's
her watch and he wants the bed
WF: Andrew giving position updates and saying we
coming 3rd in the Cats
CF: Julie saying Head South quickly head winds
coming your way
( By the way we probably get the most diverse
weather routing, Julie my sister in Australia, Megan my daughter in South Africa
and Andrew my brother in law in the UK)
The scary thing is they more accurate than the ARC
weather!
WF: Vicki saying when we get to ST Lucia we can eat
out shop, get massages stay in a hotel
CF: The look on my face
Yes our life is dominated by the wind, it can be
kind and blow at a decent speed behind us and the boat surfing down waves. It
can be calm and we have a swim or it can be on the nose with 5-6m
waves.
180 dergrees change in wind can make our life go
from pure bliss to absolute hell.... the good thing is it's only done this
everyday since we left!