Tuesday 21 July

Tuesday 21 July
At noon we were 415 nm east of Block Island.
The only thing the least bit interesting today was a series of thunderstorms starting about daylight. This is a steel boat. Steel boats require maintenance (rust repair) and may not be as "pretty" as some other boats. But when lightning is sizzling the water around you, you really appreciate a steel boat. And the lightning did sizzle. I kept on remembering my daddy's words,"If you hear the thunder, you are OK." And the wind would blow quite hard for a few minutes, then it would go away. We had three storms over about four hours. We could watch them approach on the radar. When they got two miles away we drop the mainsail and put up the storm trisail and furl the genoa. After the storm put the mainsail back up. Over and over again. But in mid morning summer returned. Light wind and warm, almost hot temperatures. Is this normal? or are we getting set up for a viscous cold front to move in?
Reef Early
Bill Doar
s/v Advent II