08/18/02
The GPS outage was only temporary as it turns out. As I sit here this morning, braced sideways on the galley table seat, the boat is being pummeled by steep choppy waves, and the boat is on a steady 20-30 degree heel. Both the boat and us are taking a tremendous amount of punishment.
Last night, we experienced a series of rains squalls, which resulted in varying wind effects, from calms up to 30 knot winds. All morning the wind has been blowing 20-25 knots, and the motion is unbearable. Using the head is not easy when the toilet seat suddenly drops five feet below you. My description of sailing close-hauled is “sleeping in a washing machine and taking a crap on the back of a wild bull”. There is nothing we can do but hold on and stick it out.
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