[photo posted in Durban November 20th]
We have a sail called the wind seeker. It's designed for very light winds and is so frail that it can't be flown in anything stronger than 6 kts. We use it to 'threaten' the wind, i.e., if the wind has dropped and isn't filling the normal headsails and if you go to the trouble to drop them and raise the wind seeker, the here-to-fore weak winds, just to spite you, will more often then not suddenly rise to well above 6 kts.
I was thinking about this because, certainly due to my mentioning the beautiful weather yesterday, it has just poured and poured buckets for the last 24 hours just to spite me.
We don't really mind that much. If nothing else, it washes off the salt that's accumlated on the deck fittings and also rinses all the salt and grime off the exterior of our foul weather gear.
The interior of our 'oilies' is another matter. That won't be addressed until we reach Durban.
