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Sunday, September 2, 2018

Day 98, 9.2.18, Sheffield Islands

The forecast is for winds from the South. Ha! Clueless weathermen. More winds from the East, and very light all day until 3pm, when we finally get some SE winds. But they don't last very long. It's a frustrating day of drifting and ghosting and hoping for winds, and using the motor. 

With very light winds we head for an anchorage in the Sheffield Islands. As we're scoping out the possibilities, the wind picks up. Shall we sail on? Shall we drop anchor? We choose to anchor, which was the right choice, as the winds soon died again.

Along way, we did our part for the environment by picking two helium balloons from the sea. 

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