Pixie Dust is a heavy boat. She needs at least 10 knots of wind to move her forward. Last night around 8 pm we had 4 maybe 5 knots of wind pushing us South. Not enough and in the wrong direction. We started the engine. At mid night the wind reappeared and we had a beautiful night of sailing.
Then there is now, 4 knots of wind in the wrong direction. Once again we have started the engine and we are headed North to find the wind. It's out there somewhere. We have a sort of wind map I download daily to help guide us. It is called a grib file. So that sudden left turn you saw us make? We are in search of wind.
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