We had what seemed like a 1.5 nms radius of black
thunder clouds that were not moving too fast as they were been held up by a high
pressure system further to our south and the light show was fantastic if not a
tad worrying, especially when they got within a couple of hundred meters of us.
We must of tacked what seemed like a dozen times trying to find our way out but
every time we tried the low would suck all the air out and pull us in closer. In
the end we furled up the genoa and motored into the wind to a very small
but only exit sign we could see, after 2.5 hrs we managed to break loose and we
are now making reasonable progress to the east coast. After a lapse of an hour
and half the lightening started again and continued
