We have been freed!
Skye Blue sailing
Stephen and Malene
Thu 15 Jun 2023 21:56
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Day 13,
Lucky for some.
We have been freed of the beating into the wind. We are
actually going south now.
It all happened around 1800 boat-time yesterday. Stephen
spotted this familiar looking current pattern ahead of us (if you have
sailed in Scotland). A bit like the overfalls in the Sound of Luing, just with a
big swell on top of it! The swell was about double the height as everything else
around and with white horses. It looked frightening. Was quite sedate once we
were inside the area. It was such a small area to the west and it gradually
widened over less than half a mile and then just vanished. Lots of rubbish
caught at the pointy end of it, so to say.
All afternoon we had been struggling with something that
was like the sailing across the Pentland Firth - 70 degrees difference between
where we were pointing and where we were going. That just disappeared. We could
now make 240 on the compass. Going in the right direction for a change making
use of the change in the wind :D
Would love to know what current pattern caused this. On
the Google list once we get shore-data again!
Equator is getting closer. Sun is out today. We are
working on the "new" furling line. Have washed the absolutely filthy
push-pit. Elbow grease wouldn't do it - but the pink stuff did! Worked
a charm! Don't know what's in this feather preening grease that seabirds
use, but it is hard to get off stainless steel. Probably now have to spend every
sunset chasing boobies away. The 1800 -2100 shift used to be the easy one!
:D
Oh! and found a "secret" jubilee clip in our shower
at 0130 in the morning. Lost us a good 50 liters of our fresh water. Will run
the water-maker later. Cannot believe, I had missed that one!
Otherwise all is well.
1:55.2225N 98:34.3579W
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