We turned on the computer after the wind woke us. We’d been watching this NASA site since early evening. Here’s what the satellites showed as the wind howled through the rigging.
Sea Venture is anchored off Isla Coronado. This map looks rather terrifying, but it really shows that the worst would cross north of us. That proved true. We watched the lightning flash across the sky up near Bahia Concepcion, while here, our max winds were around 34 knots.
The red arrows point to Sea Venture’s position, just north of Isla Carmen.
Other boaters further north felt the wind’s force much more than we did. We have memories, many of them, of last year’s chubascos and big winds, slashing rain, lightning. We are grateful.
