Life in La Gomera, nothing has changed
Row Across The Pond
Richard Hoyland and Steve Coe
Mon 28 Dec 2009 22:25
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We're back in the same old apartment block we left
before Christmas, so seems like we were never away. The major psycological
difference is that before we could see no window in the weather and just an
endless parade of identical days stretching out before us (without rowing) and
now there is the distinct possibility that we could be going very soon. The high
pressure that was spotted before Christmas wasn't a mirage and has actually
taken hold in the mid-Atlantic hopefully pushing the low pressure systems
further north, allowing us to take to sea. As with all weather forecasts, this
does come with a rather large caveat that it could be 100% wrong!
With the weather so screwy this year, the tactics
will need to be changed, the strategy has to be to race for the trade winds as
quickly as possible, so that means setting the compass to due south and rowing
like crazy to avoid the storms that are sweeping across to you guys in the UK.
The trade winds are blowing this year but are considerably weaker :-(
La Gomera has been battered by terrible weather for
the weeks we have been away, the boat had alot of water in it when we went to
pump it out. They obviously had alot of rain.
The boat is getting scrutineered tomorrow, so we'll
be given a clean bill of health I'm sure and then we're having the race start
briefings (again). The cogs are in motion for a start, we've a weather update in
the morning so will have more news then.
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