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Through the gate

I made it through the first gate south of the Cape of Good Hope earlier today. I'm still in the remains of the weather system that blew me through it & right now I'm averaging 23kt or so, sometimes hitting 30 in stronger gusts. I dropped down the leaderboard to 14th at one point but today I managed to get back up to 10th.

 

I said I'm in the remains of the weather system. It was moving east across the South Atlantic & started losing strength off the South African coast, probably cause it ran over the cold Benguela Current. Over the next couple days it's gonna move over the Aghulas Current, which is warm water, & it should build up strength again. That means I should have plenty wind the rest of the week. Then there's a bigger storm following on behind it so it could get kinda sporty lol.

 

The next gate is a wide one. It's a line about 1750 miles long & we can cross it anywhere. It runs from NE Madagascar south to the Crozet Islands. You ever heard of the Crozet Islands? Nope, me either. I looked them up & they're French.

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Uploaded on December 5, 2024