Saturday 7/24, Day 6
Later yesterday evening we swapped the #3 for the storm jib for the night. We had some squalls come through and rain that brought some stronger winds (25knots steady with higher gusts). We averaged 5.1 knots through the night and this morning, after one last squall and the wind settled a little bit we decided to put the #3 back up for the day if the wind doesn't pipe up again.
Overall the seas have been very impressive lately. Large rolling swells from multiple directions, wind trails across the water, cresting waves at the top of the biggest water mountains (that occasionally turn the cockpit in to a bath tub), but our little boat just keeps bobbing over it all.
230Nm to the great barrier reef as of 1pm today. Then another couple days and we're there!
Then in another email he mentioned the swells:
Ssome of the swells i have seen on this crossing and the sustained winds have been the biggest and strongest that i have ever seen. :) I've taken some good videos to show you. But they never seem to do the swells justice.
They say that once you've seen them (big swells or wind) once your immune from the "OH MY GOD!" initial reaction until you see something BIGGER. So some people are not surprised by any of it. It seems universally accepted however that the swells and wind down in the "roaring 40's" latitudes trump all and make a trade wind crossing of the pacific look like a lazy river. I imagine that our "storm" doesn't amount to much in comparison. When i think it looks rough out here, i just remind myself of that.
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