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January 23, 2006
Oh, Fort Lauderdale, Again
Winter weather in the Southwest North Atlantic is no picnic. Random cold fronts, windy weather, unexpected storms... the list goes on. The forecast was for winds from the east 15-20 knots. Seas 6-8 feet.
Right.
The US National Weather Service? Add the forecast. 15-20 knots=35! Seas 6-8 feet means 14 feet. Oh, yeah, baby! Rough, lots and lots and lots of wind, and we barely ran the engine. Our planned 30 hour sail was done in 26 hours.
The overnight sail was made perfect by the gorgeous lime-slice moon, just waiting for someone to drop it in the gin-blu sea.
We arrived in very rough seas just in time for a cruise ship to pass us in the rough channel. A little scary but we did just fine.
A little lunch, followed by the infamous post-overnight-sail SNOOZE.
Bonne soiree, everyone!
Posted by dave at January 23, 2006 03:36 PM