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Amadeus - blog Dec 4



Slower progress, technical issue
20-25 kn (up to 30) wind and 2-3m waves slow us down. Dead downwind sailing in these conditions is not what Amadeus is famous for. We try to find the best combination of vmg and comfort. Sailing under our large, lightwind dowwind sails is not an option, even with more shifts of full crew (helm, spi trim, grinder, main trim) would be risky.Dead downwind with jib is painfully slow and untolerable because of rolling. Now we run under jib to north, poor vmg but probably we will find some lighter winds an can try another sail combination.

A day ago a big breaking wave hit us, Amadeus knocked down. The spinnaker flew across the salon and landed on my face. Not a nice wake up call. Just a little splash of seawater found is way into the salon, unfortunately hit the navigation computer spot on. Electronics and salt water are not the best friends, guess the result...














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