Tough day

Friday, December 6, 2017

It is the beginning of the afternoon. The wind has died to a whisper and the sea left by this morning’s hard blow has settled in troughs and sentenced us to an afternoon of little progress and enough motion to test the Pope.

I am dog tired and a little frustrated when we find ourselves in this situation. I will most likely take down all sail and wait for the wind to return. Our noon distance was 131 nm, a very good showing I think. I am going to have tuna for lunch and hopefully do some reading and put myself to sleep. It’s very hot and muggy here. I must find a cold place in my mind to go, home right now would probably do.

2 p.m.

We had all sail down and rolled with it for an hour and a half and now we are rail down doing 5+ knots. All you have to do is wait and the world changes all on its own. We are now going too fast so I must go on deck and roll in a bit more Jib.

Evening

Made it through another day and tonight will be tough as well. I’ve taken down the mainsail altogether and secured that along with the main halyard. I have rolled the yankee in a bit more and got it ready to roll in even further if need be. I was on deck in my rain pants thinking I would be okay but we took a big one right over the boat and it filled my pants. I just had a fresh water wipe down and dried off. Feels good to be prepared.  

And as far as my ETA, it’s hard to say because of the weather. As I get closer, I will better be able to tell. Anyone care to take a guess?

Getting very tired here now. I will make some chicken and rice for dinner then try to sleep.