11. Moitessier, meanwhile, was sunbathing in a flat calm, deep in the roaring forties south-west of New Zealand. 12. Today the islands are subjected to the Roaring Forties , winds that shape both their geography and climate. 13. The boundaries of the Roaring Forties are not consistent, and shift north or south depending on the season. 14. He ran down his easting in the Roaring Forties and Furious Fifties between the years 1923 to 1925. 15. They tend to be stronger than the northern westerlies because they are mostly over water ( roaring forties ). 16. The strongest westerly winds in the middle latitudes can come in the roaring forties , between 40 and 50 degrees latitude. 17. Thus it took advantage of the strong westerly winds for which the Roaring Forties are named, greatly increasing travel speed. 18. The course has been designed with wide fairways to accommodate for the strong westerly winds known as the Roaring Forties . 19. The yacht navigated approximately 600 miles in the most hazardous oceans, including circling Cape Horn, passing through the Roaring Forties . 20. Also the state's proximity to the Roaring forties means there are high quality wind resources for wind farms to exploit.
