Monday 12th September
Well, we have passed the half way point. During the night the swell slowly increased but the wind didn’t. We had another full moon to light up the way. By morning we were being pushed around by three to four metre waves.
We swung the main out as far as it would go and tied down the preventer, as the wind was almost behind us. Surfing down the waves stopped us using other sails as they would collapse with each wave.
Andrew on the helm had just remarked that he was going to have a shower when he finished his shift, when a breaking wave 4m high hit the side of Imagine. It was more like a bath than a shower as the water flooded into the cockpit. It only took seconds for the water to drain away and everything back to normal. Luckily Andrew was as normal wearing his customised wet weather gear, so a quick towel off and he was dry and no wet clothes.
By the afternoon we were back to motoring to keep us on the right track.
Sent from Iridium Mail & Web.
Well, we have passed the half way point. During the night the swell slowly increased but the wind didn’t. We had another full moon to light up the way. By morning we were being pushed around by three to four metre waves.
We swung the main out as far as it would go and tied down the preventer, as the wind was almost behind us. Surfing down the waves stopped us using other sails as they would collapse with each wave.
Andrew on the helm had just remarked that he was going to have a shower when he finished his shift, when a breaking wave 4m high hit the side of Imagine. It was more like a bath than a shower as the water flooded into the cockpit. It only took seconds for the water to drain away and everything back to normal. Luckily Andrew was as normal wearing his customised wet weather gear, so a quick towel off and he was dry and no wet clothes.
By the afternoon we were back to motoring to keep us on the right track.
Sent from Iridium Mail & Web.
