[C38] Hello from Bermuda

[Steven Ribble]

Glad to hear the trip went well...how'd you like the tiller?
Steve C-38 #64

On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:18 AM, <david at dlrfilms.com> wrote:

> 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 pounding
> into 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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Steve Ribble
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