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 been watching the weather carefully, ahead and a little to the North of us is a nasty low pressure system that should pass South of us before we get there. But a system like that spreads a lot of its bad weather cheer a long way and we’re getting some of the ripples with this rain along with the wind.
Weather predictions for the next few days don’t show anything really worse that we are seeing now, and by the end of the week we may be in another ?ridge? which is a long stretch of high pressure. This means clearing conditions, but little wind. We prefer clear with a healthy amount of wind, please.
It looks like our 12-16 day estimate for this trip is going to come around the 14-16 day range, but it is still tough to tell. Could be longer with lighter winds.
Today that we passed 1,000 miles of travel, leaving about 1,200 miles left to sail. We figure sometime tonight we’ll cross the halfway mark which is always encouraging.
When the weather is rainy and cold (COLD! I haven’t worn anything but shorts since January!) it dampens your mood somewhat. With the almost right behind is we have to zig and zag a bit to keep the sails full and the rain when it comes makes its way under the dodger and you can get wet. So we lay low, keep dry and warm, and keep the boat moving forward.
