Bermuda to Azores - Day 3
Day 3 – Noon 21st May to Noon 22nd
May We’ve slowed down. The storm warning in the North has now
been lifted as the big winds move further North and East. (Red at the top of the
chart) Now we’re faced with a
totally different problem. Light/no winds and high pressure. (Blue on the
chart) Now all the evening classes said you get high pressure
near the We have an enormous high pressure system that stretches
for over 2,500 miles in one direction and about 500 miles in the other. (Blue on
the chart) We’re on the South West side of it (just North of the green winds
which are going in the wrong direction) and have to cross the blue zone to find
the conveyor belt (green/orange/yellow) that will carry us East to the
To make matters worse there’s a big low building down
near the Graham neatly summarised it “Well then Skip, now you know
why there’s only 20 boats doing this trip compared to over 200 that did the easy
trip in the other direction” Hear that Benji – you did the easy
crossing! Still we now had a terrific reason to eat the whole rum
chocolate cake in one sitting!
Paul -
Peejay |