Feast or Famine

Serafina
Rob & Sarah Bell
Tue 8 May 2012 11:09
29:29.51N 71:29.48W

Tuesday 8th May

It seems to be all or nothing on this trip.

Yesterday saw us flying along in 25 knots of wind with moderate to large
seas, then we met the weather front and as we reappeared out of the big
rainstorm, the wind died completely and we ended up motoring in just 1 knot
of wind for hours on end.

At 0300 hrs this morning the wind came back and we are now back hammering
along, heavily reefed in some frankly huge seas which are coming broadside
to us.

We are ahead of the Plan A schedule which says that it is very important
that we do NOT reach the Gulf Stream before Friday morning, so we may have
to heave too at some stage if we arrive too soon.

Will get the new forecast at the same time as we send this report, so will
know more about things very soon!

But otherwise all is fine.