I wish I could capture for you the splendour and magnificence of all this. From a black, menacing night with a glorious dino show glowing and sparkling and pulsating in the surge as Berri surfs through her gerzillionth wave to a grey night with soft fluffy, cotton ball clouds in huge swathes across the sky - really just elevated mist patches but with their own presence and attitude when silhouetted by the moon. And the moon - almost directly astern, sometimes just an illusory glow, sometimes a brilliant reflection as its light comes through a hole in the fluff and becomes a silver plate on the water, sometimes a grey disc with a halo of subdued iridescence and sometimes the moon itself in our own gap - the horizon goes black, the sk silvery grey, there might be a star or two and suddenly its all lovely soft/hard texture and dappled sea. And then it's gone again.
I think what I'm describing is the developing centre of a small low we're crossing but I'm not sure. Wind now WNW and we're still on about 020, following cross sea, kevvo in charge and still stonking along, though a bit less enthusiastically as the wind has abated to about 20 kt. Improved by a cuppa and some dunking mcvities.
Speed has blipped the phone - must go gather your gems - excitingest part of the night.
Kimbra, I'll try to call Dave today or tomoz if conditions allow.
Love yez
