19.03.06
DAY 7 – RIDING OUT THE STORM
Sunday, 19 March 2006 at 10:18
Mast Cam - Gale force winds
Latest news from onboard:
“Well we are currently in a bay off Osaka wan, we have the sails down all lashed to the deck or the boom, as we are just riding this storm out- we can see some clouds coming that might be the front - which might give more wind - then it should start to reduce.
We managed throughout last night to slow the boat down - and let the low move off - but there is a lot of wind in the tail of it though. We are showing 45-50 kts - though we think this is under-reading by around 5-8% (based on our speeds up to now with any given wind speed), we have got some great footage on the boat cams - the only way to film - we are all below, with only Loik popping his head out occasionally.
The waves are long but 30% are breaking - so we are getting soaking from down below occasionally. As loik said - if you had to pick your weapon for riding out these conditions – then Mobi would be your first choice; the chances are that in an ORMA 60 - we'd have been in the chopper hours ago....
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Rough seas and gale force conditions
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