First Tough Weather

Hi All,

Please excuse us for not posting for a bit... no one said double handed ocean sailing was easy!!! Colleen unfortunately caught a cold in Bermuda so our boat is a little infirmary at the moment. This is doubled by the fact that we are experiencing 25kt winds and 10 foot seas that are throwing poor little sandwitch around like a cork on the ocean. We have been relegated to reading, sleeping and eating out of cans as anything else is close to implossible. Sitting outside is ok during the day as the sun is out to warm you every couple of minutes when a wave comes into the cockpit but now the inside of the boat is all salty from the water we have dragged in while dripping. At night we are currently stuck inside the cabin, which is a sweaty 80 degrees and we can't open the windows because of the on coming water. It should be noted that the conditions are quite normal for the open ocean and are not unreasonable. We are sailing hard at 7.5 to 8 kts and the seas are uneaven so the motion is not uniform, which makes it so uncomfortable. Luckily we expected all this and are in high spirits, we just wish we could shower as we are starting to stink!!! We expect to be in Anguilla around Sunday night or Monday morning and the conditions are expected to be exactly like this, not a shift in the wind or the waves, until we are in the lee of the island. We hope all is well back home.