Waves coming from every direction.
Well we have spent the last three days blasting east on winds from the west. We are sailing under a single sail – the head sail and we’ve wrapped it up on the furler because the wind is so strong and it’s really quite small. The wind has been blowing from 16 to 36 knots and despite our lack of sail we are doing 7 knots; 8 and 9 if a really big wave pushes us forward. It’s a blustery time to be sure and we can’t help but feel that it will go on forever. We are glad to be moving and to be making such progress but I cannot express how large the waves are, well I suppose that I can they were2 to 3 metres , but it’s daunting when you are viewing them from the boat! They also seem to be coming from different directions and we can see smaller waves on top of the big waves. We are ready for a slight change in wind direction just to shake things up a bit! It’s difficult to cook because there is a fair bit of rocking and rolling but the pressure cooker is making us lots of tasty soups and stews – Adam is terribly sad to be eating so many vegetables and will be even sadder when I start rationing his cheese portions.