February 12 and 13, 2010
Cloudy, very windy, scattered downpours
(Notice I did not say ‘scattered showers’.)
Lat/Lon 24 33.3 N, 81 47.0 W
Friday and Saturday we were holed up back at the Gallion Marina in Key West. We spent 2 days just wandering around Key West, eating, drinking, and trying to stay busy until the weather cleared up.
We did take a brief 3 hour sail Friday morning, just to test Quest’s sailing ability in heavier winds. Most of our sailing has been in about 10 to 15 knot winds. That morning they were higher, about 18 to 25 knots, (appx. 17 t0 23 mph.) Quest did great, but the crew did not fair as well. Quest was heeled over pretty good going out, and it was very bouncy coming back in. We had a couple of green faces. Ooops!
During the night, the winds got up to about 50 to 60 knots! We would have been anchored out in the open in that if we'd gone to the Tortugas. Not fun! We were all glad we didn't go.
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Gee, you just can't get a break, weather-wise . You go down there expecting perfect everything and its all a challenge. ! ! You do seem to make the best of it all-----that's all you CAN do.
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