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21:00UTC 21/11/08 32’00N 72’00W Here we are at what is probably the height of our little gale. Winds have been gale force, 35-40 knots for about five hours and we have had gusts to 50kt. The waves have built magnificently, to about 4m, or 12ft, with curling crests and spray blown from the tops in […]

Roaring East

17:00 UTC 21/11/08 32’08N 72’27W After a fairly quiet night the forecast cold front has arrived. The wind has been building from the south east and has now reached near gale force, about 35 miles an hour. We are beam reaching across this, with three reefs in mainsail and jib, and it is a wild […]