The whole of last night there hasnt been much chance for sleep as
anticipated. First i had to clear land, then the traffic separation
scheme and when finally things got calmer the usual fishing boat on a
converging course made sure i couldnt go for a kip.
Later in the night i sailed right through the eye of the first low, the
wind went lighter and started coming from all directions, it would
literally swing around me leaving me almost unable to move, as soon as i
set the sails it was coming from exactly the opposite direction. After
the low the wind was from the north west which was quite interesting as
you normally get this wind shift after the fronts but since i had sailed
above the low i just got the wind shift...
Now, just a few hours later the whole system has moved north and all
that i had avoided is now here, torrential rain and much more wind, but
not too bad, about 20 knots. So the wind is now sothwesterly and i'm
beating hard into it, the sea is building and it suddenly feels more
like ostar weather. Gps says i'm two days or so away from my 50N 15W
imaginary point which feels rather close, perhaps i should change for a
point across the atlantic but that would probably make me feel i'm
making no progress at all.
Given the weather is foul and as far as i can tell there is no shipping
about it's time to catch up some of the lost sleep.
They tell me the tracker is not working, i tried to call Martin but with
no luck, it'd be a shame if this trip was lost on the tracker. Anyway my
position is 49.42 N 007.35 W
Ciao,
Marco
British Beagle
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