The Storm

With Mrs Kadizzle crippled by her arm injury Bob and Kadizzle had to man the ship.  The crew of three sailed west towards Heaven Bay.  Winds were decent but a storm was brewing in the area west of Beulah.  It seemed like a repeat of past incidents in the same area.  The storm seemed to be in two pieces.  To the north looked like the part that would hit us.  The northern storm came with a bit of furry but we got through it pretty quickly with only some soaked clothes.

It seemed like we would pass the other half of the storm on the north, but this was not the case.  We furled the sail down to a postage stamp size and the storm hit.  Bob and Mrs Kadizzle went below to stay dry. Kadizzle kept to the helm.  The storm seemed like he had winds in excess of fifty miles per hour.  Even with so little sail the boat made 4.5 knots.  Then the hail came.  At first it was just a pleasant diversion, but then the hail stones got bigger and Kadizzle got a good sting on the back so he went below with the rest of the crew. Rain was falling at such a rate there was no visibility.  Everything would be fine if the Sovereign had room to drift before hitting land.  With some stumbling the electronice finally came alive and our position was known. Things looked fine.  The main mean part of the storm passed and the wind simply and strongly came from the east.  More of the headsail had popped out during the storm so Kadizzle decided to just let the whole sail have at it.  Bob reported from below that the boat was moving at 8.2 knots.  This is faster than the Sovereign is supposed to go.  With following seas however it is possible. Slowly the wind died down and we made the safe harbor of Heaven Bay. The sun came out and a little swim was a good finale.  Wet clothes started to dry and drinks were served.