santa marta winds

leaving the windiest city known to us was not easy. this stretch was one of the most difficult ones of our entire world experience. it was only 130 miles from santa marta to cartagena, but unfortunately with 40 knots of wind and current against. once we left the marina there was absolutely no way to go back. we had the wind from the stern and the waves, for the first time in the entire voyage, were crashing us from behind and we had water coming in the cockpit. we sailed during the day to make this easier, but still it was creepy.