Biscay Madness

And the rough night turned to a rougher day. How can waves that size develop on the back of 20kn wind? It was getting big in the afternoon and we were already facing being unable to make Brest simply because we were unable, and unwilling, to climb the wave faces. But at around 6pm the wind dropped to 10kn, the waves mellowed, the tide turned and life has been OK since then. The wind bounced back to 20kn, backed to WNW, and now we are on easy street fro a run to Brest with about 140nm to go. Fingers crossed the next tidal change doesn’t cause a re-think and that shallow waters across the shelf at least maintain this composure. We started eating a little for the first time after a day and a half, straight from the tin. Food from Guadalupe. Sounds exotic and it’s hard to believe we were ever there!