currently close to Motutapu. No 2, full main, a little under powered but OK.
Well I spoke to soon about the dry! shortly after my last update at 2 am we hit 25 knots of westerly
and an extremly wet sail change ! Once we changed to the 2, we had a very good look at the light wind area that
was supposed to be close Colvile Channel, it was the meeting of the westerly on the east side of the the peninsular
with the south west on the west side.
This area near Channel Island has caused much distress to Rob and I in the past., Becalmings, , low level jets, roaring tides,
I am pretty sure Rob has nightmares about it anytime we race there. So we braced for a soul wrenching becalming, which started exactly where Predict Wind estimated.
Calming soup and toast was made, and this time the tide came to our aid and swept us through the no wind zone.
And we off round channnel island and on our way home!
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