Sunday 26 July

Sunday 26 July
We are caught between a series of low pressure systems that are passing by just north of us and a frontal boundary just to the south. I feared that it would be stormy, but instead for three days now it has just been frustratingly sloppy. Overcast, passing showers, light wind, and choppy seas. So we motor, and hang on because the boat continues to bounce around, and try to read or do things on a computer, and I check the weatherfax, and see that the low is forecasted to pass right over us tonight with more slop. It is better than stormy seas, but still it is frustrating. And our eastward progress is quite slow. These low pressure systems have counter-clockwise wind. All the wind north of them is blowing from the east. We don't want that, and the east wind is forecasted to drop down to where we are. So we are making our way south in order to stay south of the east wind. I hope that our track is showing up on Adventtwo.blogspot.com, and I hope the wind shows on Passage Weather. We are sailing south-east to try to get down to where the westerly winds are. Make that motoring south east. Bump, jerk,roll, pitch, These lows turn to gales just north of us and that must be the reason the ocean is so rough.I hope that if We just continue going south-east, that someday, someday we will come out the other side and get away from these lows, and that pesky front.
But for now we are dry, well fed, and well rested. Motor, motor, motor, drippy rain, pitch 'n roll.
Reef Early
Bill Doar
s/v Advent II
Lat 37*-52'N, Long 052*-22'W