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  • The Calm After the Storm

    06/16/2009 12:41:28 PM PDT · by La Enchiladita · 5 replies · 509+ views
    Zac's Blog ^ | June 15, 2009 | Zac Sunderland
    Position: 06/15/09 at 1525Z 17 01.419N 103 37.779W Still making slow steady progress up the Mexican coast with light winds forecasted for the next 24 hours. This morning I was woken up early by my radar alarm showing a squall 4 miles away. I haven't had a squall in a couple of days and I thought it would probably be low in intensity. The squall swooped down on Intrepid fast and the wind went from 10 knots to 40 in a few minutes. I furled up the genoa and put two reefs in the main. The winds built into the...