A dark & stormy night "39:30.9N 69:04.9W

VulcanSpirit
Richard & Alison Brunstrom
Fri 3 Jun 2011 10:18
After a pretty good sail yesterday the weather has changed.We have had Force 8/9 winds (on the nose, of course) for more than twelve hours now (much more than forecast - I wonder if they get the same training as the UK Met Office?). We have gone onto two hour watches because we can't manage three in these conditions. I have just come off watch wearing my thermals, midle layer and then outer shell, just as if we were in Scotland. The Tropics this ain't. We have been held back by the big waves, and pushed eastwards by the wind. Still over 150 nm to go - upwind.