[C38] Hello from Bermuda

[PAUL NOTTE]

Thanx David I was able to follow your progress. 
 Fair Winds
 Paul Impulse

----- Original Message -----
From: david at dlrfilms.com
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:18 am
Subject: [C38] Hello from Bermuda
To: Catalina 38 Listserve <listserve at catalina38.org>

> Hello from Bermuda!
> 
> INTEMPERANCE left Montauk on the afternoon of Thursday, October 
> 28 and
> arrived in Bermuda on the morning of Thursday, November 5.
> 
> We had five days of sailing hard on the wind, including crossing 
> the Gulf
> Stream on a beat, triple reefed. Didn't mind wind so much, but 
> poundinginto the short seas, hour after hour, day after day 
> wasn't so much fun.
> 
> One day was so light we motored for a few hours. The one day we 
> had the
> wind behind us it was about Force 6, and all we had up was a bit 
> of our
> mostly rolled up genoa and we were still doing sixes and sevens 
> in front
> of a 12 foot sea.
> 
> We've been spending the last week fixing/changing things that 
> broke or
> didn't work how we thought they would. Mostly squared away now 
> and waiting
> for a fair weather chance to sail to the islands.
> 
> Bermuda is lovely. I'd count the effort and expense to get here as
> worthwhile.
> 
> -David
> S/V Intemperance
> 
> 
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