Doldrums: No wind today, no wind tomorrow, no wind anywhere.
In 24 hours, we sailed a grand total of 17.8 nautical miles. That translates into an average of 0.74 knots.
The adventure continues as we get completely trapped in the doldrums. Spirits are quite low with the lack of forward momentum. Our most important sail, Dill rips from being over used in too much wind under Frank's watch. We are forced to do an emergency repair. We contemplate stopping in Bermuda on the way.
There is no wind out here, and then a squall will come up on you. This gives you a significant push (or so you think) until it passes and you realize that you have only sailed a few feet from where you once were.
We fly our light air sails and slowly make our way through this windless region of the Earth.
