The thing with Derwent is that it’s surrounded by mountains so you'd think that wind from any direction would be fickle. Well both Southerly and Northerly winds are fairly predictable, an Easterly can be gusty and can take you off guard but a westerly is a curse. The wind gets caught around Catbells and swirls so what one minute you’re running with the wind the next its dead ahead bringing the sail and boom crashing around. Getting back into Nichol End can also be a challenge as you have to sail dead into the wind to get back in.
Today was a challenge but not that bad as the wind was light but very unpredictable. At one point I could have sworn the wind at the front of the boat was going in a different direction to the wind at the back!
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