I lay in my suspended bunk and waited for the next wave to lift me up and slam me down onto the hard bench below. It was the middle of the night and about 12 hours into what would turn out to be a 36-hour low pressure system. The winds from the northeast were testing me and the boat on our way to Bermuda. I was glad that I could not see the walls of waves that the Gulf Stream slammed into the hull. The forecasted 30 knots of breeze had been true and then some, as I flew off of waves at speeds of up to 21 knots even with reefs in the jib and mainsail.
This was my first season onboard , a 2020 Jeanneau Sunfast 3300.
