Well, we had ourselves some weather yesterday! All day.

The wind was erratic, both in terms of direction and speed. The boat speed topped out at 21.3 knots when we were surfing a wave. Top wind speed was 42 knots. Happily, that didn’t last long, and we had only two incidents above 40. The peak wind was caused by a fast-moving squall that passed by us about three miles away.

That said, the day was challenging. The seas continued to offer up waves from different directions, with different intervals and varying heights all day and into the night. The biggest swells/waves were five meters, and they were NOT rare.

The peak waves are closer to four meters this morning. The sea continues to be confused and lumpy. We continue to wonder what’s up with these weird conditions . . .

We met a milestone today: We have fewer than 1000 nautical miles to go!

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