Monday, February 20, 2012

Dispatch Sun 19 Feb 2012

Noon Position L26^-31'N, Lo076^-04'W, or about 55 nm east of Marsh Harbour

I have been fussing with sails all day.

I was able to sail west for about 10 hours before the south wind shifted back to the south west. I did get about 50 nm closer to the islands during that time. But now I am again trying to sail into the wind as I work my way down the islands. To make matters uncomfortable there has been strong wind today. For awhile during the week a gale was forecasted, but that has reduced to just strong wind. But the find makes the ocean very bumpy, and it is hard to write. At some time the wind will be such that I can make it into the islands, where I can anchor and just wait for wind that will take me where I want to go. (It's really bumpy...)
We are posting  these dispatches in a blog, with some of the messages I have sent to Normandie, lots of pictures of other passages, and  a link to my satellite position reports which are shown on a map, so what I am doing will make more sense.  No, maybe what I am doing doesn't make sense. Oh well...
Anyway, go and see what it looks like. This is new this week. Of course I haven't seen it yet. Somebody let me know if you can  find it OK. The way to get to it is to Google on:  Adventtwo.blogspot.com
  Too bumpy. Gotta stop
I did Reef Early,
Bill Doar

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