Something doesn't seem really hard until you do something harder..
The last 36 hours have been really
"hardcore" for Cape Arrow. On Tuesday late afternoon we entered
into a depression that was placed between the Acores and Madeira and we went
out of it few hours ago.
Later on Cape Arrow was still heading East,
so that the waves - 4/5 mts high - were
coming from a "bad" side for us. Steering with 30-35 kts wasn't an
easy game at all! With no moonlight, doing it was even harder because we couldn't see
the waves and consequently anticipate them.
We were really concentrated, every error could
have been really dangerous for us and for the boat.
Yesterday morning at 8 a.m.
we finally jibed and started heading towards Gibraltar. After this epic night,
Neptune gave us a little gift: a bunch of little dolphins came to play between Cape Arrow and the waves. Beautiful!
Yesterday afternoon the sea was still really rough but at least the waves were coming from behind,
so we could surf it (we reached 26 kts!).
There were 28/35 kts from South and
the 3 hours watches were really exausting for everybody. All of a sudden, around 2 p.m., a path of over 51 kts
almost knocked Cape Arrow down, and we had some damages the genoa but nothing too serious.
Tonight we were surrounded with squalls
and we have been almost all the time under the rain. This morning the sea
calmed down a bit, and now there are about 20 kts from South East: we should be
finally out of the depression. We are completely wet, the air is really humid,
but luckily Cape Arrow keep protecting us gently and comfortably.
Stay tuned for new adventures!
Cape Arrow's crew
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