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Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold, Just Righhhhhttttttt...... ahhh.
or in sailing terms: Not Enough Wind, Too Much Wind, and Just Righhhhttttt......
About 9 days ago, the winds were light and the ocean almost completely flat, just an almost unperceivable deep slow southern swell would slowly rise and lower the boat as we slowly made our way sedately towards Hawaii. The geographic spread between isobaric lines on the weather chart resembled a topographical map of the prairies - no gradient. The boat slowly rocked from side to side, and each noise could be easily accounted for. The clink of the coffee cups in the cupboard, the whoop of the sail lethargically filling and emptying, the dull thud as the spare anchor moved on its mount, slow trickle of water moving past the hull. Crew members spend many hours napping in their warm beds and cups of tea helped keep the watch-keeper alive in the sub-arctic temperatures above decks. Life was relaxing and good but we are going nowhere at a snail's pace.... Read the rest of the story on the Ocean Gybe website.
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