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More wind, but with rain…Days 6 and 7 to New Zealand
Well, as the saying goes ?Be careful what you ask for?? We’ve got more wind, which is good as we’re sailing again. But though it is strong (twenty knots or so) the direction is?inconvenient, and it is accompanied by a lot of overcast conditions, cool air and heavy rain. We’ve Read On..
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Dry Season on Dominica
That dramatic cloud…ends up on your head as rain. Apparently the rainy season in Dominica is in the high summer. I’d really hate to see that, since the last five days in the “Dry Season” have felt like living in a monsoon. Dominica is the first of the islands with Read On..
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