What a day! All day into a 25kts headwind and a very bumpy sea. It’s clearly not over till it’s over.
We are now 15 miles from Horta, can just about see it in the distance. Even motor sailing we will need to tack to get through this wind and sea. However all is well aboard and hoping to be in before dark.
Upwind
Up and down
Up and down
Up and down
Howl
The wind as it bites
Unrelenting on its way
Evil and full of anger
Up and down
Up and down
Up and down
Splash
A wave over the bow
Spray falling like rain
Horizontal bullets of sea and salt
Up and down
Up and down
Up and down
Swoosh
The deck a river
Submerged into the sea
Slowly draining away
Up and down
Up and down
Up and down
Thud
The hull crashes down
Into wave after wave
Losing speed all the time
Up and down
Up and down
Up and down