Monday, September 19th, 2011
The day was spent sailing to Sequin Island. It was sunny and the wind was nearly calm. We ghosted along catching puffs here and there. However, we did notice a fairly large swell rolling in. When we arrived at Sequin late in the day we decided to let the rollers subside overnight and then go ashore, to explore the lighthouse, in the morning. This photo was taken after we arrived at Sequin:
Contrary to our expectations, conditions deteriorated during the night. It got very rough and no one got much sleep. Come morning, the swells were nearly breaking across the mouth of the harbor. Going ashore was not even a consideration. We made a run for it. After checking UGRIB we realized that there was a strong low pressure system offshore which NOAA had never mentioned because it was not an officially named storm.
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