Caught in a FORCE 9 GALE | Ep 104
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Steve and Judy: The veteran BBC filmmakers navigating the globe aboard their Hans Christian 48, Fair Isle, blending broadcast-quality storytelling with blue-water grit.
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This is the worst prolonged storm we’ve been caught in on Fair Isle, three days of constant winds the wrong side of 30 knots and regular gusts up to 48 knots at the height of the storm.
This intense low developed very quickly out of a cold front that was tracking SE. We were 350NM offshore at the time so there was nowhere to run, but Fair Isle was built for these conditions, even if we aren’t, so we managed to battle on through the storm and didn’t have to resort to turning and running with it.
We did hove to for a time in the peak of the storm in the middle of the night, but apart from that we kept sailing strongly which is a testament to the boat (and a very good test of the recent mast foot repair!)
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