A Squally Night

We got hammered last night with rain and squalls creating periods of pandemonium. We were up all night. The wind whipped away one of our window covers, the line that secured the radar reflector snapped, and the mainsail ripped. The rain was coming sideways, the sea was turbulent, and the wind couldn't decide which way to blow. Lucy was sliding around the cabin, legs akimbo as she skate boarded from one side of the cabin to the other. General chaos. We got the main furled past the rip, so we can only sail with it double reefed for the remainder of the voyage. That's a shame because it will slow us down without the full main. We saw the last of the squalls by mid-morning. Exhausted, we've been sleeping today. Lucy, too. The sky is clear today, but the sea continues to be choppy, with 15 foot swells every 5 seconds, wind waves and a large cross swell that we slide down the face of, kind of sideways. It sounds worse than it is, but still ... it's not the most comfortable. However, we are still in good spirits, eating well and able to laugh off any adversity (eventually).

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