Szczecin - Swinoujscie
We had an early morning to finalise the hydrogenerator wiring. Then we headed north through the busy Szczecin harbour. Another workday meant a single-handed sail.
Right when the channel started widening north of Dabie, the wind also picked up. For once we’d have a downwind run through the Szczecin lagoon.
Sails up assisted by the autopilot, then setting up wing-on-wing configuration with a prevented boom and poled out genoa. The early part of the trip required couple of gybes, but once we reached the lagoon, going became a lot easier. Just lean back, focus on keeping watch, and let the autopilot do the work.
We used this opportunity to test our newly-installed hydrogenerator. A separate post on this will follow, but the gist of it is that it works! When we sail at 5kt or above, it covers our electrical consumption. Day and night.
Once we reached the Swinoujscie channel, we dropped sail and proceeded under motor to the by now familiar Marina Swinoujscie. Now we’re at the sea proper! Next we’ll have to wait for a weather window to sail further. Right now the forecast for next weekend doesn’t look promising, but we’ll keep an eye on it.
- Distance today: 37.6NM
- Total distance: 133.4NM
- Engine hours: 3.6
- Lunch: shakshuka
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 10.04. 6:29 Z |
53°23'50"N
14°37'35"E
|
359°
|
0kt
|
111.9NM
|
baro 1027 hPa
|
Started main engine
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| 10.04. 6:34 Z |
53°23'50"N
14°37'33"E
|
229°
|
0kt
|
111.9NM
|
baro 1027 hPa
|
Stopped at AZS mast crane
|
| 10.04. 7:10 Z |
53°23'50"N
14°37'33"E
|
336°
|
0kt
|
111.9NM
|
baro 1027 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
| 10.04. 7:15 Z |
53°23'51"N
14°37'36"E
|
38°
|
0kt
|
112NM
|
baro 1027 hPa
|
Stopped main engine
|
| 10.04. 7:18 Z |
53°23'51"N
14°37'36"E
|
38°
|
0kt
|
112NM
|
clouds 0/8
baro 1027 hPa
|
Stopped. Med mooring so we can install the windvane
|
| 10.04. 14:15 Z |
53°23'51"N
14°37'36"E
|
115°
|
0kt
|
112NM
|
wind
8kt
141°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Installed windvane and the hydrogenerator. Both still need some line work, and we will need to install the hydrogenerator charge controller
|
| 12.04. 6:43 Z |
53°23'51"N
14°37'36"E
|
32°
|
0kt
|
|
wind
1.3kt
63°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
| 12.04. 6:48 Z |
53°23'58"N
14°37'35"E
|
309°
|
3.4kt
|
126.7NM
|
wind
1.9kt
289°
clouds 3/8
baro 1010 hPa
|
Motoring. Left AZS Szczecin, Bergie on watch
|
| 12.04. 7:00 Z |
53°24'21"N
14°37'0"E
|
29°
|
5.9kt
|
127.7NM
|
wind
5.1kt
32°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.04. 7:09 Z |
53°24'42"N
14°36'45"E
|
347°
|
5.1kt
|
128.6NM
|
wind
3.5kt
308°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 12.04. 8:00 Z |
53°28'54"N
14°36'58"E
|
17°
|
5.3kt
|
133.8NM
|
wind
6.6kt
166°
sea state 1/10
clouds 5/8
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.04. 8:38 Z |
53°32'8"N
14°37'53"E
|
338°
|
5.1kt
|
137.6NM
|
wind
9.2kt
167°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 12.04. 8:38 Z |
53°32'8"N
14°37'50"E
|
166°
|
2.4kt
|
137.7NM
|
wind
9.6kt
163°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Autopilot activated. Hoisting sails.
|
| 12.04. 8:40 Z |
53°32'4"N
14°37'51"E
|
166°
|
2.3kt
|
137.8NM
|
wind
7.7kt
137°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 12.04. 8:42 Z |
53°32'5"N
14°37'53"E
|
358°
|
4.5kt
|
137.9NM
|
wind
12.9kt
137°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 12.04. 8:44 Z |
53°32'13"N
14°37'50"E
|
334°
|
3.1kt
|
138NM
|
wind
6.7kt
114°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
|
| 12.04. 9:00 Z |
53°33'1"N
14°36'42"E
|
308°
|
4.7kt
|
139.2NM
|
wind
11.8kt
184°
sea state 1/10
clouds 4/8
baro 1009 hPa
|
Deployed hydrogenerator
|
| 12.04. 10:00 Z |
53°37'26"N
14°34'56"E
|
349°
|
5.5kt
|
144.1NM
|
wind
14kt
139°
sea state 2/10
clouds 4/8
baro 1009 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.04. 11:00 Z |
53°41'11"N
14°30'26"E
|
330°
|
5.3kt
|
149.2NM
|
wind
14.8kt
154°
sea state 2/10
clouds 3/8
baro 1007 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.04. 12:00 Z |
53°45'24"N
14°24'48"E
|
324°
|
4.7kt
|
155.5NM
|
wind
10.9kt
121°
sea state 3/10
clouds 2/8
baro 1006 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.04. 12:37 Z |
53°47'49"N
14°21'19"E
|
323°
|
4.7kt
|
159.3NM
|
wind
11.8kt
123°
sea state 3/10
clouds 2/8
baro 1006 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring. Stowed hydrogenerator.
|
| 12.04. 12:42 Z |
53°47'40"N
14°21'11"E
|
161°
|
2.4kt
|
159.6NM
|
wind
17.6kt
133°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated. Sails stowed
|
| 12.04. 12:43 Z |
53°47'42"N
14°21'13"E
|
330°
|
5kt
|
159.6NM
|
wind
15.1kt
124°
baro 1006 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 12.04. 13:00 Z |
53°49'2"N
14°19'33"E
|
320°
|
6.1kt
|
161.6NM
|
wind
13kt
129°
sea state 2/10
clouds 1/8
baro 1006 hPa
|
Motoring inside the canal
|
| 12.04. 13:21 Z |
53°50'47"N
14°17'16"E
|
326°
|
6.4kt
|
163.9NM
|
wind
8.6kt
176°
baro 1005 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 12.04. 14:00 Z |
53°54'28"N
14°15'59"E
|
59°
|
6.3kt
|
168.4NM
|
wind
16.3kt
146°
baro 1004 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.04. 14:10 Z |
53°54'42"N
14°16'11"E
|
222°
|
0kt
|
169.2NM
|
wind
11.1kt
119°
clouds 6/8
baro 1004 hPa
|
Stopped. Box 6.4 at Swinoujscie marina. Having the easy-catch ready would've made docking easier.
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