Wind Astern N39:58 W51:44
Millybrown
Mark Hillmann
Wed 13 May 2009 14:17
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Why is the Gulf Stream such a windy, wet
place? It was never like this in Iceland.
It is warmer down here. I am in shorts:
Jeans would get too wet too quickly, even after dragging wet waterproof trousers
on. My jacket keeps the water in as much as out. Do I take the
shorts off when going outside in heavy spray to keep them dry? I must not
admit that on the blog.
It blew 40 knots again last night, but from pretty
much behind.
Yesterday I was steadily rolling sail away every
few hours, with a period going to windward in the classic Contessa 'three reefs
and no jib'. In a steady force 7 even a scrap of genoa laid her on
her ear.
 By 9 last night the wind started to veer and a
scrap of genoa came out again: "Dark, wet and bouncy" I wrote. At
11pm I gave up on the main and rolled right away, it was blowing 40
knots.
It is down to 25 knots now and I must head north
more.
To be dry enough for computers I have rolled no
more genoa out yet but saw 11 knots on the GPS just now. We are
really doing 7 knots.
After a proper breakfast: Cereal, bread and
marmalade and coffee, I have the other half of yesterday's lunch waiting in the
fridge. I had cooked potatoes and made a proper salad with lettuce, tomato, carrot, onion
and gherkin.
Then I opened a tin, having seen 'chicken' in large
letters on it. Without my glasses I did not read the smaller word
'soup'.
Lorna's food is being
used.
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