{"id":14465,"date":"2010-11-26T12:03:34","date_gmt":"2010-11-26T17:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/the-last-routing-challenge\/"},"modified":"2010-12-02T23:08:23","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T04:08:23","slug":"the-last-routing-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setsail.com\/the-last-routing-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Routing Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greetings and salutations from the FPB Wind Horse, the crew of which is about to partake in an officially sanctioned half way there party this evening.<\/p>\n

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Aeolus and Neptune have put their lightening bolts temporarily on hold and we continue to have lovely Unsailboat type weather. Light winds, now from the northeast have been pleasantly cooling and we have not yet had to resort to air conditioning (it is so uncruisinglike) for our physical and mental well being. Window and deck awnings are set and the flying bridge is now the favorite respite, from which you may infer tropical weather is agreeable<\/p>\n

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Thanksgiving dinner went off without a hitch: turkey, fresh cranberry sauce (concocted with cranberries acquired before leaving California in 2008), broccoli, potatoes, and last but certainly not least, stuffing.<\/p>\n

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Following a period of digestive activity the crew served pumpkin pie smothered in whipped cream.<\/p>\n

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After reviewing both GFS and NOGAPs grib files, comparing them to NMG weather faxes, and cogitating for half a day, yesterday we put aside our distaste for anything that adds miles to a passage and adjusted course 15 degrees to the left. This intermediate waypoint lengthens the voyage by 40 miles, just under four hours, and in return promises a higher degree of marital bliss. That is a coded way of saying we are buying some weather insurance, reducing the force of the headwinds we are prog’d to encounter tomorrow. Should we luck out and stay in the NE wind regime now in place, or simply trade head for beam winds, we will recover most of the time with a touch of additional boat speed. It could also be that the progs are wrong and the NE flow is better established than what is shown, in which case we shall enjoy the added sea time. There are presently hooked cirrus clouds just a touch north of our track, a leading indicator that at least we are in the game. We will know soon enough.<\/p>\n

This photo was taken this morning. We like the look of our wake at eleven knots. As of 1200Z we show 1446NM to St Lucia.<\/p>\n

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