very high, the sea was rough so we spent the entire night crashing into one
wave after another. We headed 20 degrees to the west of our desired course
to ease the motion of the boat a bit, but it was hard to sleep for more
than short periods.
This morning we had good wind out of the NNE so we put up the staysail and
had a good sail until about an hour ago when the wind feeped. We'll motor
through the night and hope to sail again tomorrow. Seas have calmed down
some so tonight should be better for sleep. Wassail has four sails and
we've used them all on this passage, a new first.
I administered Frank's weekly shot today, something Phyllis has done many
times, but another new first for me.
Turns out that it's just as well that we've made slow progress the last two
days. When we talked with Herb Hilgenberg this afternoon, he told us there
will be gale force wind above 34 degrees latitude on Wednesday morning.
We'll take our time and get there Wednesday afternoon, by which time the
front is supposed to have moved out. We'll get an update tomorrow so we'll
make sure we don't arrive too soon. After things clear out above 34
degrees we're supposed to have good sailing with SW winds for the rest of
the trip.
I'm on KP today, so time to go prepare dinner (which is a matter of
reheating lasagna that Nick Jr made yesterday.)
Nick Sr
5/23/11 6:30 PM
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