Bobbing

We've encountered a fair amount of light air the last few days. We call it bobbing. All we can find it seems is wind that won't help us or no wind at all.

That storm we were advised to steer clear of is still building to the north of us, but it's an open question whether we'll be impacted by it. We ran east, away from it, and now it's predicted to be weaker than initially forecasted. Owing to our caution and pessimistic forecasting, that leaves us too far away, perhaps, to have any contact with it, for good or bad.

So we bob, drift, or charge off in the wrong direction. We're sailing northwest at the moment under grey skies at 3 knots. At least we're moving. In the right direction? Sort of. Okay, not really.