Up to yesterday my grib files promised me a full 12 hours of northwesterly wind of about 15 knots, and I had tried to position myself so as to make full advantage of this wind. What a deception, when this wind lasted only two or three hours, and then backing west/southwest and decreasing to almost nothing. So here I am, floating around in W/SW wind of around 5 knots, doing a mere 1 or two knots and not even in the right direction. And the worst of all is, that it really pays to sail actively rather then lying in your bunk reading a book! So I am sitting outside, in the sun, most of the time, feeling bored. And to make things even more exciting, the latest grib files show another two days of this very light weather, followed by a gale...

Who was it that said that sailing is an exercise in patience?

Bart

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