Day 9 – 0800 UTC location: 20°22.00N by 32°30.00W and 1087 nm from Las Palmas. Yesterday’s average speed was 5.8 knots at 1500 RPM.
Conditions:
Wind and seas continued to pick up through the night and by morning wind was at 12 16 knots apparent from the pot aft, swells were 5 7 feet and wind waves were 1 2 feet. Unfortunately, the swells were coming from one direction, and the waves from another, so the seas were a bit confused. It was not terrible, but it is certainly no fun, either. And it just got Continue reading