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'Little Wing' 900 miles from Salem, MA and about 900 miles from Lisbon, Portugal while we are swimming. | |
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| It doesn't look like much in the pictures, but the wind was 40+ kts and the seas were 10 to 20 ft. with a few waves that were pushing 30 ft. |
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This looks like a flat sea, but it was a vertical wall of water heading toward, and under 'Little Wing' as we sailed through the gale. | |
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| This was one of the biggest waves I saw. It's a vertical wall of water, only in the picture it looks like a flat sea. I'm sorry the gale photos aren't as exciting as real life. Come with us next time and see them for yourself. |
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Breaking seas and only a tiny scrap of jib flying. We're still heeling at 20 degrees on Starboard tack. | |
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| Breaking waves filled the cockpit every now and then. Sometimes you could duck before they hit, and sometimes you couldn't. At night we couldn't see them and we had to sail by feel and the sound of the waves. |
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Jiann at the tiller as we sail toward the Azores High and lower winds. | |
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| It's great! We've been sailing in a gale for two full days and 8 hour of the third day. |
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It's time to heave-to. We got slammed by a wave and 'Little Wing' tacked. So, I slammed the tiller over and we were just sitting there while the waves passed under us and the wind screamed in the rigging. We all slept like babies after a hot meal and 'Little Wing' rose and fell like an elevator while the waves passed under her. We'll get started sailing in the morning when the wind slows some. |
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