Squally Rocky Rolly Night Day 14.
Jigsaw
Tue 18 Dec 2007 13:15
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Noon Position on 18th Dec 19.19N 44.33W decent days
run of around 148 miles over the ground, but we are rolling our fillings out.
About 980 to run.
Had to reef last night for the first time for
several days, shortening sail is obviously a sign that we have now got
significantly better winds, around 20 knots from between ENE and NE, getting up
to around 30knots in the gusts and squalls. Several biggish squalls last night,
the sky darkens quickly, the wind increases rapidly and who ever is on watch
gets soaked as the heavens open. One big one last night lasted about 30
minutes, but usually they are out of the way in 10-15. None of the
adults got a lot of sleep last night, due to the motion of the boat. We
were often travelling at around 7-8 knots, and roaring thru the water with a
noise that made sleeping in the aft cabin like trying to kip on the
rails in an underground station.
Very very tired, definately need to
cwtch up in white sheets!!
Paul.
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