Found the tradewinds!
We are now getting the NE winds that we have been expecting. Yesterday we had nice sailing all day.
We are now sailing wing on wing, which means that the headsail is to one side and the main is to the otherside. This allows sailing directly downwind. The only drawback to this tactic is that the boat tends to roll a bit as the sails do not have as much steadying influence as they do when both working on the same side.
Life is tradeoffs.
posted by Tim at
9:47 AM
3 Comments:
Knew they were out there somewhere. Perseverance pays! Next stop Hawaii. Perhaps you could post your lat/lon too as it doesn't seem to come thru on Yotreps...
Michael
S/V Cambria
February 4, 2010 1:00 PM
You guys are making great headway. Keep it up - you are our HEROES!!!! For those interested here is the winlink position website: http://www.winlink.org/dotnet/maps/PositionReportsDetail.aspx?callsign=W7TJC
February 4, 2010 4:00 PM
And you are following exactly above the transform fault that leads to Cabo San Lucas. Amazing! Thanks to G & C for winlink's Position Reports Detail tip
Michael
S/V Cambria
February 7, 2010 1:58 PM
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