Ship's Log 07/06/09
Heading into Beaufort, NC. There's no need for this. That Low Pressure System seems to have stalled, and the winds remained 25-30kts W-SW. In addition, by Wednesday winds will be shifting to N-NE 10-20kts. That sucks!!!
I had a hell of night last night. Winds went from light and variable to slowly increasing to 20-25kts, and then the cold front approached from the West. Winds at first died and then all of sudden 30+kts. Whooped my but! And lightning all around. But the lightning must have been in the clouds. Because it was on top of me but no discharge on the water. Seas got angry in a hurry, I managed to roll in the gib, and all I had left was triple reefed main. Autopilot seemed to like it. It handled the swell from multiple direction as well as the wind gusts. Then by the early hours of the morning, winds eased up, only to turn West 25-30kts. And the seas are 8-11 feet. Evey now and then a wave would break into the cockpit and get the floor wet.
I had a hell of night last night. Winds went from light and variable to slowly increasing to 20-25kts, and then the cold front approached from the West. Winds at first died and then all of sudden 30+kts. Whooped my but! And lightning all around. But the lightning must have been in the clouds. Because it was on top of me but no discharge on the water. Seas got angry in a hurry, I managed to roll in the gib, and all I had left was triple reefed main. Autopilot seemed to like it. It handled the swell from multiple direction as well as the wind gusts. Then by the early hours of the morning, winds eased up, only to turn West 25-30kts. And the seas are 8-11 feet. Evey now and then a wave would break into the cockpit and get the floor wet.
posted by sundowner-cruise at 12:58 PM
1 Comments:
I hope the weather gets better...keep us posted, its sounding scarry
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