A long long day. We had 190 Nautical miles to do to get to the birthday party so it was another 4-hour night and off before the dawn. The weather got progressively rougher but it was a tailwind, so that allowed us to push on beyond sensible limits. The swell solved the poorly thought through fuel plan because the boat was surfing down the waves at about 20kt. Eventually common sense got the better and we fought our way over to the eastern shore in the hope of finding a smaller swell. Several hours later that paid off.
Not much to say. The usual calculations and re-calculations about whether the fuel would reach. Calculations and re-calculations about whether we would get in before dark. Some dolphins at about halfway and again at 3/4 distance and again on arrival. Generally just a really long day made more difficult by the need to drive the boat manually through the rolling swell.
Arrival was perfect, about 20 minutes after sunset. The last line went on just as the light faded completely.
Tomorrow we lose Craig and Sandra. That will be a really sad moment.
Gordy - "Craig, where are we??"
ReplyDeleteCraig - "I don't know, I'm lost too......"