Update to Ed's posting about False Start

Posted by Liz

It was a tough decision that Ed made yesterday - and both Jim (crew member) and I applaud him for using such prudence and instinct based on many offshore miles of experience.

He emailed our weather routing service this morning (Commanders Weather) to let them know what we encountered yesterday and why he made the decision to turn back.

Turns out, they completely validated this decision, stating: "There have been a lot of changes in the outlook for Mon night and Tue with NE-E gales now expected between 37-40N so it is good that you turned around as you would have gotten caught up in that mess."

In fact, that "mess" would have hit us while we were just entering the Gulf Stream and we'd be on the leading edge of a huge low pressure, so we would have been tossed around - it just would have been ugly and not safe.

It probably looks best to wait until about Thu 5/20 to depart the way things
look now. It should be a quieter pattern late this week into next weekend,
let's hope it continues to look that way.

We are anxiously searching for 2 crew members to meet us here in Bermuda on Weds of this week so we could be prepared to depart Thursday AM. If any of our pals out there are able to help out, we'd be very appreciative.

Again, I have to say that I'm really proud of Ed for making a difficult decision, and couldn't think of anyone else who I'd rather sail with.