Left this morning at 09:30 into alight NE wind but large lumpy seas from somewhere. I'm in the SE quadrant of the North Atlantic High which is covering a huge area of the eastern north Atlantic extending north up to the the latitude of the UK. Shouldn't be so, but it doesn't look like I'm going to get any wind aft of the beam on this trip....maybe at the end, if a low comes across from Greenland. I've done a lot of boat stuff in the past two weeks starting with getting rid of the sand that had accumulated in every thing above decks. Thankfully nothing below decks which were shut up tight with a humidifier runing Apparently it was a tough winter in the Azores...lots of wind and rain and, driving sand from the beach onto the parking lot where Taonui spent the winter.
Taonui got three coats of the last of the US super eco-friendly antifouling that we had brought with us. After launching it took 2 and 1/2 days to completely strip all the winch's to clean out the sand. By yesterday she was ready to go and looking smart after lots of TLC to the deck's non-skid, spot deck painting, freshly varnished floor boards in the main cabin and pilot house etc., etc.
Noon position was 38 51N 26 55W with 1140 miles to go. Have been motoring all morning. The wind is exactly from the NE which is exactly where I want to go. Not enough wind to sail effectively in these seas which just shake the wind out of the sails. On the plus side, the batteries are getting a needed thorough charge. Coryn says that the wind should go into the north tomorrow, which would give a close-hauled sail on course. Hope so!
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