What a rough night we had. That cold front that passed us the day before stalled and now we have to go through it again only slower.
We sailed through it last night and it was surreal. The winds were 25-30 kts with gusts to 38. We had both sails reefed and set. We virtually flew through the waves. We maintained speeds in excess of 7 kts with bursts to 10. We had a narrow wind angle to maintain so it was all hand steered. It was a white knuckle operation in the dark with frequent rain squalls. We traded the helm every hour.
This morning was still bad till around 9am then it cleared and the wind dropped. We have been motoring since 11 am with calming seas.
We will enter the trade wind belt soon. We can see those fluffy clouds in the distance.
Should be a nice night motor sailing in the moonlight finally.
Sail ON!
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