This Night Was TERRIFYING (storms at sea) EP. 119

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Hey friends, welcome back. This week we are continuing our passage from Costa Rica to Nicaragua, and are currently sailing through one of the notorious sections of Papagayo wind. There are a few of these areas along the this part of central and north americas pacific coastline. They can have powerful accelerations of wind due to the topography across the continent from the Atlantic to Pacific ocean. Thankfully, rainy season means that the trade winds in the Caribbean are less active, and therefore this funneling and acceleration of wind through valleys and around mountains is generally less powerful, and happens less frequently. So we got that going for us. Especially since rainy season means lots of thunderstorms which we have been (mostly) successfully dodging with our trusty B&G radar. Thankfully THAT is still working, as we haven’t had reliable wind instrument data for some time now. But theres really nothing to complain about while Boundless is ripping along with full sails since leaving Costa Rica in our wake. (She is a machine clip). Ask us about complaints tomorrow morning though, as tonight we’re in for the scariest moment yet while out here on the ocean. It is VERY hard to explain and show on camera the duality of how it feels to be sailing along in perfect conditions while also having a pit in your stomach, watching clouds form all around you, greying out the sky and what would have been a beautiful sunset. It feels like there is some unknown thing, waiting to reveal itself under the darkness of the night sky.

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[ BOAT SPECS ]
1984 Passport 42
Hull #33
Displacement - 25,000 lbs
Ballast - 9,500 pounds of lead (encapsulated keel not bolted on)
Marconi Cutter Rig
Length - 42'
Beam - 12.75'
Water Draft - 6.4"
Air Draft - 59'

[Music from Epidemic Sound]
Kiri O Koete by Sugoi
City Echoes by Dreem
Beyond Worlds by Many Moons Ago
Ridges by Harbours and Oceans
Unbroken Spirit by Sunfish Grove