Ugly Night
27 April 2012 | Off the coast of North Carolina
alan
Sometime after midnight the winds came up even stronger than they were during the day. Already had a reef in and a shortened Jib. For about 4 hours we had sustained winds winds of 30 knots with gusts to 36. We were and still are on a very broad reach and waves on the quarter. The wind has moderated somewhat this morning and are just (just) in the 22 to 25 range. We should be in Beaufort by early Saturday morning. a