In waters of the island of Oakland

To the 16:00 hour GMT the Basque navigator Unai Basurko was with winds of the NW of 25 knots of intensity, sailing a course 100. The average speed that takes the Pakea in the last hours is of 13-14 knots arriving at ends from 17 knots.
 
To the question of How you are Unai? Replaced his it has been clear “Now I am very well, but I have passed tonight it very badly. 3 in the morning, sailing to 16 knots of speed, with a strong sea of the WNW, me a direction wave has entered and that has swept completely the cover leaving the restrained boat completely and receiving a blow so, that it has produced a tremendous roar. First that I have thought it is that it had divided the boat”
 

But this desbocada wave has not been the unique thing that has maintained to the navigator in vilo. The night has been full of misfortunes brought about by the hard conditions. Around the island of Oakland, Unai to each other felt undecided to approach it by above or down. The wind, with tendency to rolar to N NE, was put to him to the Pakea of prow, reason why probably it would not give him to pass the island. Finally portugalujo decided to risk to try to pass it through the north, since the winds that were expected after the island were going to him to benefit in that position.
 
At the moment that turn to pass the island through the N, the wind it begins to fall of intensity. It did not have any visual contact with the island in spite of hardly being to 5 miles of her. Neither lights, nor sounds, nothing. For more than two hours one is with a progressive fall of the wind and with many doubts if it manages to happen or no.
The hard conditions, the proximity to the island and the little visibility get to make consider to the Basoue the fact of trasluchar and passing the island behind, in spite of being conscious that would suppose backing down 30 miles. Finally a slight breeze makes leave the island him to 5 miles to the south of its position.
 
At the moment at which finally it was and a prudent distance of the island of Oakland relaxed, the wind falls definitively during 5 hours, in which portugalujo, very nervous, could not sleep. In a while in which was not expected it, the wind began to raise of intensity until reaching the 60 knots, rolando towards the west, accompanied by fort hail. This climatology to him has continued accompanying throughout all the day.
 
According to it commented Unai, “the temperatures to us go up to around 3º C to these hours, but the thermal sensation to those temperatures is of less 10, and so it is quite cold”. Unai dresses two thermal wool pants jersey of socks the wetsuit and, two pairs, lycras part above of the dry suit. By all means the wool cap and the boots. “After the night of I am yesterday preparation to confront what is. So far I do not have more islands ahead so I have space to run. I see myself with many force, since in the first stage, sailing to 50% of my possibilities, my two next rivals but removed tres-cuatro days to me…, in this second stage, that at least I go to 80%, I hope to stay in front of them”.