The calmer conditions I enjoyed in the shelter of the Falklands yesterday have been left behind, and I am now into up-wind conditions, which are much more bouncy, uncomfortable and inevitably slower than the downwind stuff of the past few weeks. The sea also became very confused and lumpy as I cleared the Northern end of the islands as a result of strong wind over tide effect. Having said that, it is perhaps a little less stressful than the fast and furious downwind of the deep Southern Ocean.
This morning, I passed back into the Roaring Forty latitudes, after the ice-filled Furious Fifties, another step on the route back to Les Sables d’Olonne. I spent a lot of yesterday working on the on-going repairs so am feeling a little tired this morning, but am now occupied with looking at the conditions ahead as the weather looks a little complex.
