Midnight

05 June 2008 04:30UTC (00:30 local) 38'04N 069'20W

The wind's rising, as forecast, now a fairly steady thirty knots, near gale force. That's about thirty five miles per hour. We've just dropped the main completely and are running under reefed jib alone. We sacrificed a little speed for a lot of comfort and security. Murphey's Law came into play as Yan and I went up to drop the main the wind decided to gust up to thirty-eight and made for an interesting time, but we just worked at it, slow and steady and the job is done.

We're in a bit of a counter-current, earlier we had two knots of current against us and it made for a short, sharp sea and a bit of a bumpy ride. But Ty Dewi just slices through it and keeps on going. We have to work hard to slow the old girl down. The current's eased a lot and it seems were into the main gulf stream flow again.

It could get windier, but it's easy to deal with now as we just reef the jib a bit more and keep on going.

All's well, but it might be a long night. N.

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