…a huge trough will reach us from behind. No way to escape because it .

We will watch it’s approach closely and when it is closer, we get the gennaker down and use only the is genoa.

Since this morning we are flying Big Blue and make good speed with 8 – 10 KN of wind from 90 -120 deg AWA. In average the SOG was 4.8 KN.

“Was” because we changed sails in the meantime. Flying now only the genoa being opened it with the barber hauler to ketch as much wind as possible.

The dark grey “beast” is now at or PRT side. We can smell already the cooler air but it’s not yet enough for faster sailing.

We are both sitting in the cockpit waiting for the wind. Shigeo wears his baseball cap – or I should better say his “sailing cap”. Once he wears this, he is ready for sailing actions.

The first rain drops hit us. The sea is sprinkled with rain drops. Each one makes another drop of water jumping out of the sea’s surface. An endless game of physics.

However, no wind! This is unfair! I expected and wish for 15 – 20 KN of wind. I’m sure the monkey with the tin tool makes the fat nimbus cloud stay just in distance to make us wet but we don’t get wind.

We have currently 12 KN of wind and behind us already a blue sky with cumulus clouds at the horizon. Big action for nothing; but I always prefer to stay on the safe side with smaller sails.

However, as he first dark gray “beast” is gone, we see there’s another one in 0730 direction. Great rain in the distance. Will it be empty when reaching us? It pisses also with no wind increase. However, the trough is very broad and there are more on the horizon coming to us…