We decided to sail on through the night to Turtle Bay. It turned out to be a good decision because the wind and seas held steady until morning. The wind was a steady 18-22 kts and waves were big, but generally not breaking.
Morning was another matter. Winds increased to 25 kts and brought
bigger, breaking seas. In a light and small (for ocean sailing)
multihull like Sally, vertical wave faces are not what you want to
bigger, breaking seas. In a light and small (for ocean sailing)
multihull like Sally, vertical wave faces are not what you want to
see. Paul did most of the driving, which was fine by Ray and me.
It's difficult to capture big seas in photos, but Andy from Latitude 38 did a nice job of it with this shot, taken the same day:
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