Yesterday at about 3 pm local a squall line appeared behind that stretched towards the NE for as far as we could see. We reefed down and the front passed just behind us, dumping little rain. Behind the front the trades were enhanced and it became clear we were in for a bit of a blow. Adding another reef to the main, effectively a "third" reef, Carina went flying into deep darkness on a beam reach with her rigging screeching.
As dawn brightens the horizon on Sunday Feb 2, 2014, winds are beginning to clock back to their normal direction and moderating, and it appears our downwind sailing is returning.
At 2/1/2014 and 19:22 UTC (GMT) our position was: 06°52.52'N / 147°28.65'E.
We were traveling 298T degrees true at 4.7 knots.
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