Improbable

So, we arrived in the south-west of Big Island, which we saw at about 3:30 pm, progressing at good speed in the right direction.
And suddenly, the wind just dropped. Someone flipped the switch, or pulled the wrong plug.
We were 15 away from Big Island, maybe it's blanketing us?.... I don't believe that, but who knows.
The night went like that, hopping from puff to puff, pretty slow, but moving West to West-North-West.
In the morning, some little wind came back..., from the West South West!! And some swell from the North.
ALL faxes, ALL bulletins talk about East, North-East, stuff like this. The truth is: the wind we have does NOT exist. The trade wind CANNOT drop like that and let some West-South-West take its place. We must be dreaming. I cant wait waking up!

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Donc, on est arrive dans le sud-ouest de Big Island, qu'on a vue vers 15:30, progressant a bonne vitesse, dans la bonne direction. Et tout d'un coup, plus de vent. Quelqu'un a du se prendre les pieds dans la prise, ou tripoter le mauvais interrupteur. On est 15 milles sous le vent de Big Island, c'est peut-etre son devent? Je ne pense pas, mais qui sait. La nuit s'est passee comme ca, de risee en risee, tout doucement, mais vers l'ouest a ouest-nord-ouest. Le matin, du vent est revenu,... de l'ouest-sud-ouest !! Et de la houle de nord. TOUS les fax, TOUS les bulletins parlent d'Est, nord-est, des trucs comme ca. La verite, c'est que le vent qu'on a n'EXISTE PAS. L'alize ne PEUT PAS tomber comme ca et laisser sa place a de l'ouest-sud-ouest. On doit rever, vivement qu'on se reveille !

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