Flapping through the night

A year afloat: to the Caribbean and back
Sam and Alex Fortescue
Wed 10 Aug 2011 09:40
41:14.20N
024:54.93W
 
After a floppy night, the wind is now dropping. We've strayed a little too far east into the windless high pressure and are paying the price. The seas remain confused,although smaller, so Summer Song is doing muchs ideways skittering, sending the rig flopping and flapping like the last dodo. We're connecting up to download a weather forecast and work up some tactics for the day.