The lady’s not for turning

The forecast was light but the breeze was even lighter. Once we caught another tuna it was a clear sign we were going far too slowly for our schedule for being in Fernando around the 2/2 was in jeopardy. It is apparently a sailing adage that you can predict a location OR a date, but never both.

So we succumbed and decided to ask Iron Jenny to take us in the most direct line possible. It’s loud and obnoxious but we are now making 7kn in the correct direction.

We shall see how long we can tolerate the noise!

In other news, we gained a tuna but lost a cutting board. I prevaricated for too long before deciding to treat the plastic board as a MOB scenario. Hopefully we’d do better with a real person in the water…Read more