Gale Force winds...

Rhiann Marie - Round the World
Stewart Graham
Mon 24 Oct 2011 11:46
Monday 24th October 1134 UTC 1234 BST
 
Wind 35 knots SW, COG 049 Deg True SOG 10.2 Knots
 
32:14.099N 010:12.058W
 
This will be short and probably incoherent....... We have just spent most of the last night barreling along in ever mounting seas and ever stronger winds. They have now been sustained between 35 and 40 knots for the past 6 hours having built from flat calm yesterday morning on departure from Graciosa.
 
Top winds have been in theregion of 43 knots a very solid force nine. Top boat speed has been ...............18.4 Knots! I have some pictures of the instruments which we will try to upload tomorrow. In th emeantime we are just hanging on..... there has been little or no sleep.....
 
ETA Gibraltar Wednesday AM barring disasters!