The wind gods 42 52.7N: 36 21.8
Ellatrout3
Wed 28 May 2014 19:40
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I think the wind gods must have read my comments
about the wind yesterday because shortly after I post the blog they started to
turn the wind knob downand by evening there was very little wind and we drifted
about all night, slopping about in the wasves left behind by the strong
winds but no power to sail through them. By mornining the sea had
settled and a nice gentle breeze set in from the south, wonderful, and as the
morning moved on the sky cleared andit became a beautiful sunny day. I got a few
things dried out before it started to pick up again, I also took the opportunity
to chage to my smaller No 3 blade jib which I hoped would be better. I didn't
have my full rig up long, by lunch time I had taken in my first reef and now,
tea time, I've got all three reefs in and considering roling the jibup a
bit, Looking at the meter it showing a steady 20 knots of true wind speed
and we are fair bouncing up and down as you can probably tell by my
typing?
However as the wind gods hav3e obviously turn the
wind knob up again they have left the sun knob on because this wind is coming
out of a clear blue sky! The forecast says I'm heading into a low pressure
system and the wind is likely to spike up a bit more yet.
With that happy thought I'll leave
you.
Love Poppa/Dad/Roger
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