But Not Making Way
Noon
Position: 37
06.3 N 134
17.5 E Despite a promising start, yesterday was a real disappointment. The wind dropped off shortly after midday and has yet to return. I have had sails up and down but with the residual swell they slatted horribly, and so I ended up drifting overnight with just a little bit of jib out to catch any breeze that might have been around. Fortunately the current is in our favour, which is running at about a knot, otherwise our day's run would have been much less. Overnight the sea has died down quite a bit. I tried the mainsail out earlier but it still crashed and banged about, so have given up on that. Now I have the drifter up and a bit of jib poled out to catch the zephyr that is barely a breeze. At least we are drifting in roughly the right direction. It would seem that it is going to take us longer to get to Kushiro than I had hoped. All is well. |