ships log
15th May 2007 14:56z
Location: offshore
undersail
Lat:9 44.693N
Long: 87 19.282W
Boat speed: 1.5
Boat heading: 159
Weather: hot
Temp: 91
Wind speed: 4
Wind direction: 23
..To almost becalmed again.
10 minutes after my last log entry, it suddenly blew 20 kts. I also noticed some birds were sitting on the water (like sitting cows an omen for bad weather - an old wives tale maybe).
This being papagayo country (although the season is supposed to be over) I took a reef in. 20 minutes later I had to take another - it was blowing 25kts and we were going to weather and by now the sea was confused.
This continued for most of the day - great stuff! Not quite sure where it came from... Anyway it just upped and died on me and I'm now ghosting along with the asymmetric spinnaker almost set - it keeps collapsing as the mast moves in the swell.
Oh well it was good while it lasted.
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