BLOG TUESDAY
Tuesday AM in the North Atlantic but a beautiful sunny day on my part of the ocean. That has been the good news, the bad news is that I am sailing upwind in 20 knots true and not making a lot of progress. We are probably the lightest and most tender boat in the fleet and this stuff really hurts us, it's almost better when its really windy as everyone stops and starts over the waves. In this power beating condition we just don’t have any power, I don’t have 6 large guys sitting on the rail so every gust rolls us over to leeward a bit and it feels like we are going sideways as fast as we are going forward. Not helped by having Anthony only steering to course rather than wind angle, so he doesnt luff up or bear away in the shifts. I don’t expect great things from the scheds over night…Need another few feet of beam and some of the Figaro’s water ballast please!!!
Wind was supposed to head me over night which it hasn’t really done yet but I have just tacked onto starboard and am now sailing down the coast. It should lift me so I can ease sheets a bit later today and then we will get back into our conditions more. We might have the chute up tomorrow and that is our chance to go faster.
Had some nightmares while I was "sleeping" last night, maybe the odd sleeping pattern has just got to me? Didn’t sleep well as a result so been tired all night and don’t feel on top of the world today.
Need to get out of this slow mode and race....off to sail trim. Hope you are all having good days back on land!!!
Osc
PS, opened a new weeks food box yesterday, and have eaten all my Oreo’s for the week again!!!
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