The Beating Continues Along With the Carnage
11 February 2011 | Beating East South Towards The Caribbean
Jeff
Our noon to noon run for the last 24 hours was 116 miles. The wind deserted us again last night so we took the opportunity to power to gain more easting. Late this morning when the wind returned, light for the SE, to try beating south. The prediction was for the wind to back from the SE to more ESE by the afternoon, but that didn't happen. So we are making the best course we can. At the moment we are west of our rhomb line course but the wind is supposed to back enabling us to make a better course tomorrow. So, we just have to try not to lose too much ground tonight.
The flying fish carnage continues, with this morning's count of three I think that brings us to a dozen for the passage thus far.
Also, we have discovered that tripods rule aboard aboard Foggy Mountain beating in these conditions. What do I mean by that??? Where ever you are or where ever you are moving to you must always make you body into some form of tripod. In other words, at least three parts of your body must be in contact with the boat. Otherwise when the boat moves you are likely to be thrown off balance. Truly - tripods rule.