Andy_Em 1500 '04 #3: Smokin' Sail.

After the front passed we had a superb sail down to Tortola: seas were a bit lumpy, but we rolled along in warm steady breezes. We waited for the Trades - wishing for Easterlies, as the fleet remained West of us, but no joy. Winds persisted NE almost all the way, and our Easting hurt us: with only a 100% "gentleman's jib" we were slower on the run down these North Easterlies, and our friends were enjoying a beam reach to Tortola. The only good news was that we remembered about the westerly current below about 21, which would not hurt us so much - in fact it helped us as we were able to point up a touch and get a better wind angle while our Course Over Ground was a straight arrow to The Dogs.



Photos by:

1,2,3,4,5,8,10,11: Reiner

9: Jennifer MacLean on Karina

6,7,12,13,14,15: Marc



Quizpoints: Pic 12, 0 pts; Pic 14, 0 pts; Pic 15, 4 pts.



Total max points all pics: 25, + 'creativity bonus' 5pts.