Tonight had all the makings of an easy one, kite up, average 8 knots for 12 hours, job done, oh how wrong I was. Having waited all day for the wind to shift south of east I was plagued by a few false hopes, gybing too soon and then having to gybe back. Now it is 4am, I have just gyybed back onto port, hoping that finally this is it, the wind will stay over 90 degrees.... oh no there we go 83. God this is frustrating. To add insult to injury I am being totally done over by this gulf stream. I thought I had been very vigilant about where i went so as not to get caught out, but it seems that wherever I go I get the worst of it. Its like being back in the Solent, only you cant pop into Yarmouth for a beer and wait for the tide to turn. Please someone give me a break... all I am asking is a bit of a wind shift and some respite from the current... that isn't too much to ask is it?
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