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Diary of a world record
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Sunday 20th May
Bertie was certainly right about the weather. Soon we're making 9 knots into a head sea. By the time Jan and I start a second watch at 5am, we are down to just 5 knots. The seas are a lot bigger. The average wave heights are probably around 3 to 4 feet, and then along comes one 5 to 6 feet. As we ride up it and smack down, the spray cascades across the windscreen. After more than 12 hours under way, we should have made significantly more progress than this. A couple of hours later, and we've managed to double our speed from around 5 to 10 knots. It's still rough, but doesn't appear to be as bad as it was.
The view from the helm
Jan and I go back to bed at around 9am, by which time we've reached the waypoint at the end of Cape Cod, and our route goes from easterly to north-easterly. The seas are still heavy, but we're making slightly better progress than we were, now doing 12 to 13 knots. It's still a lot slower than we'd hoped for, and it appears from our weatherman that it's going to remain like this for several days. It's not looking good.
As the afternoon wears on, we start to pick up speed, and by early evening a fog has descended on us. So whilst we need to be more vigilant (not that there's anything this far out) the good news is that there's no wind, so now we're motoring along at a respectable 19 knots.
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