Oso has been swallowed up by a giant hole in the normally-reliable trade winds. With the wind only 5kts or so from astern, the options are really only drifting in the leftover swell from a distant Southern Ocean storm or motoring. So, we reluctantly switch on the engine and start to push on towards the southwest.
Overnight, the wind builds to 9-10 kts, again from directly astern. This is just barely enough to power up our double headsail rig – a poled-out genoa to windward and a high clew nylon reaching sail to leeward.
Progress is slow, but at least its progress!
All’s well aboard.
Day Fourteen
15 18.5S 108 22.4W
144nm
