At sea again!
32:32.3N 64:21.9W
The trough passed through, the winds shifted, and although conditions
aren’t perfect they’re certainly good enough. We sailed through the reef this
afternoon and are now running downwind steering ENE with the genoa poled out to
port. For the next
two days we expect favourable wind conditions, but then there may be a period
when we run into headwinds. We continue to talk with Herb Hilgenberg every day
and he’s helping us pick our way through a fairly complex set of weather
systems. We’re heading for a waypoint that he suggested, hoping to get no more
than one day of north-easterlies before picking up stronger
north-westerlies. Our unexpected visit to |