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
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| 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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