The sun is the one salvation of this storm. For in spite of the fury with which the wind blows, the sun stays strong and bright. If you could just get out of the wind, you could probably get warm from the sun. There is not a cloud in the sky near us. The big blow has cleared all of that off to the east, and that obscuring haze, which had hidden the coast all morning, is completely gone.
Visibility is excellent.
I am very thankful that we were not. Another comfort in all this is the other boat. Voyager II is out there with us. At the beginning of the storm we were sailing close together, perhaps a bit too close. As we rounded Douglas Point she was just a few boatlengths to leeward of us, and aboard Serenity we all watched with some amazement as Voyager II revealed the details of her undersides to us.