May - Day 4

Saturday afternoon the wind increased to a F6 NE with waves to match but all was still well. We had ports of refuge in mind if things got worse but we were too far west to make for them and it would have meant beating to windward on a fine reach. On we went with the wind increading to a F7 to 8 and waves breaking over the stern of the boat. It was hard helming so we did half an hour each while the other two looked out for rogue waves that could be a problem. The wind speed was up to 40 knots with no sign of abating. Then a large wave came and knocked John off his feet at the helm, followed by another that knocked the boat over on its side, but she's a strong old girl, so she came right back up. I was down below at the time and holding on, so I wasn't thrown to the other side with force,. read more...

May - Day Three

Last night at sunset we had about 20 Dolphins all trying to swim in our bow wave with the sun setting a magical moment. Today is a bit harder with f5 from NE. So still going well. Sean. read more...