Beating the wind andthe waves 02.03N 83.44W
Salsa af Stavsnas
Ellinor Ristoff Staffan Ehde
Sat 27 Apr 2013 20:32
It looks like we finally got out of the thunder and
lightning part of this trip. Today I colllected the wires that have connected
the rigg with the water, some protection if we are hit (Ellinor thinks they are
pathetic).
When we got south of the Doldrums the sea from the
North met the Sea from the South, it was smooth and a little confused, but
nothing what it could be I guess.
And as we got south we met the Southerly winds that
unfortunally are SW right now, this means we have to beat against
it.
There is also some current slowing our progress and
we make 4.5-5 knots over ground.
And the waves crash on our bow all the
time.
Yesterday we hade some dolphins close to the boat,
that was long ago. Excitement of course!
This is a hard leg, several boats talked
about being tired on the short wave radio this morning (as if boats could
speak on the radio). There has been a mix of no wind, to much wind,
thunderstorms, wind from opposite direction etc.
As I was mumbling about another thunderstorm, Erika
said:- I love thunderstorms!
-Why? I asked
-Because you throw in all pillows and madrasses
from the cockpit and we can play with them in the saloon! Jump, build houses
etc...
If we look ahead it might look like we can make
Galapagos in five days from now. But that is IF the wind veers S to SE , if not
we will get an extra big tack to actually make landfall. We are aming for Isla
Isabela.
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