warnings for the NYC and LI area. We could see the dark clouds and
lightning on our port side. The storms eventually closed with us and
brought heavy rain and winds from a new direction. We struck all sails
just before the storm and rode it out just motoring at slow speed. The
seas became confused as the wind shift started to effect them. After
the storm the winds moderated somewhat, and became hopeful that things
would settle down. We were down to about 30+ miles off the LI beach.
The big waves became fewer and were able to steer closer to our
course, but we had to watch for the big waves and steer down when they
came, every minute or so. This required very active steering, with one
crew facing aft to call waves for the helmsperson. This went on for
hours!
Another thunderstorm came a few hours before dawn as we continued to
motor on our course. We were about 10 miles south of LI. (To ne
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