Where's the wind gone?
Shalan
Fri 26 May 2017 13:06
Morning all....0851 here. We had a great sail through the night.....full sail, 16 knots of wind on the beam and smashing along at 10/11 knots through the night with a star filled canopy above....can't beat it, we hit 14 knots at one point!! Although great for sailing, its not condusive to sleeping when not on watch, we were pounding through the sea!
The wind dropped this morning to 10 knots and we got the Code 0 hauled up ready to go. But there was a quite a lot of ominous black skies and squalls surrounding us so we held off running it until they cleared. The wind has since dropped to 7 knots which isnt' going to get us anywhere fast even with the Code 0, so we're now motoring. According to the forecast the wind is going to remain light for the next day, so it looks like we'll now be motoring for the rest of the day.
Everything is working we on board, incuding Private Brownwater's new shorts, which are holding up a treat. Only major issue is we've yet to catch a fish.....with not much to do now today sailing wise.....chances are we're going to go big on the lures...catch us a monster....hopefully!
Shalan ooooot