Eastward/A l'est

We're heading east, in some seas.
The wind picked up this morning, and it is supposed to shift right tonight, easing a bit. It should come back north after that.
We now have less than 1000 miles to go for the SF Bay.

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On fait de l'est, dans de la mer.
Le vent est monte ce matin, et il doit tourner a droite cette nuit, en molissant. Il devrait revenir au nord apres ca.
On a maintenant moins de 1000 milles a faire pour la baie de SF.

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Going East/Faire de l'est

We're now aiming east.
The weather is much colder, we've got the sweaters back pn.

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On vise l'est.
Le temps est bien plus froid, on a ressorti les pulls.

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Wind is back/Le vent est de retour

Wind came back early this morning, from NNW.
We spent all day between 5 and 6 knots, life is good!

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Le vent est revenu tot ce matin, de l'WNW.
On a passe toute la journee entre 5 et 6 noeuds, la vie est belle !

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No wind/Pas de vent

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Light/Leger

Light wind last night and today, but nice weather.
We're still heading north, to get this west wind current that will take us to the US west coast.

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Vent leger la nuit derniere et aujourd'hui, mais beau temps.
On continue de faire du nord, pour attraper ce flux d'ouest, qui nous menera sur la cote ouest.

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Overcast/Ciel couvert

Overcast skies, gray weather, tropics seem to be over!
Still progressing the right way.

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Ciel couvert, temps gris, ca a l'air d'etre fini, les tropiques!
On continue de progresser dans la bonne direction.

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Convergence

We crossed yesterday at about 1:30pm the convergence zone between the two high pressures we were dealing with since the start.
Now, we have this south-east current, bringing us good wind. We made good progression last night.

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On a traverse hier vers 13:30 la zone de convergence entre les deux anticyclones avec lesquels on joue a cache-cache depuis le debut.
Maintenant, on a ce flux de sud-est, on a un bon vent. On a bien avance la nuit derniere.

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Moving East/Faire de l'est

We are trying to move east, to catch the east flow that will take us north.

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On essaye de faire de l'est, pour attraper le flux d'est qui nous menera au nord.

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No wind/Pas de vent

We wait for the wind

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On attend que le vent revienne

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Light Winds/Vent leger

Light winds, but still progressing.

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Pas beaucoup de vent, mais on avance.

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