Thursday 15th July

Vaquero
Thu 15 Jul 2010 09:07
My position Thursday 15th July at 0900UTC is 48 01.8N  10 50.9W
 
I'm sending in the report early today as we have another gale about to arrive imminently.  I spent yesterday and last night lying to my drogue in big seas and a force 9  -  the drogue works well except that as a breaking wave hits the back of the boat, the water squirts through the washboards and hatch and soaks everything within six feet.  So everything is a bit wet and soggy, me included.  I've had a little bit of chafe to the drogue leader which I have rectified this morning and now it's all ready to deploy again when this next SW9 arrives (imminently, apparently).  So there I was looking forward to the shoreside attractions of Plymouth by the weekend and it now looks like being a bit longer, most frustrating.  C'est la vie, c'est la mer.