as taken from a 2004 Atlantic piece on selling his boat of many years. Classic Buckley prose, evident in the following description of dealing with an hurricane near Bermuda:
“Cruising in October to Bermuda*, we had to make our way through the eastern end of a hurricane. After a very hard day’s combat using only the storm jib and trysail, I finally hove to for a long night of furious wind. This capitulation at sea is achieved by adjusting the reduced sails to vie against one another in such a fashion as to induce relative immobility.”
My sentiments exactly! Though in Sjogin most heaving to is done with full sails as I try to avoid heavy winds. Sjogin’s getting on in years and I try not to push her too hard.
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Here’s a pic from this morning; foggy and waiting on the next front to come through. Plenty of water and a light breeze at 10:00. Tempting…
*William F. Buckley: wrong on McCarthy and wrong on the time of year to cruise to Bermuda.