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Sunday, May 7, 2023 58°44'N 17°23'E

Äspkärsfladan - Stendörren

Today we took the mammoth task of changing to another SXK buoy 1 nautical mile away! We side tied the banana boat to Lille Ø and turned on the motor. Then we proceeded to slowly motor through the narrow passes between rocks, both visible and hiding just under the surface.

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The entrance to Stendörren buoy is what you can call questionable at best. With a slow pace trusting the map and the depth sounder we glided in and caught the buoy. We had perfect timing as half an hour later a hopeful Swedish sailboat came by only to figure out that the buoy was already taken. From now on I expected that we will find it ever harder to find the SXK buoys free as the locals are slowly realizing that it is sailing season!

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From the logbook

Time Position Course Speed Log Weather Remarks
06.05. 7:11 Z 58°44'38"N 17°22'35"E 346° 0kt 632.6NM wind 7.6kt 120° baro 1034 hPa Solar was producing 0W this morning. After investigation, MultiPlus was somehow completely off network, breaking DVCC. Some wiggling of wires and turning the on/off switch a few times "fixed" it. Needs monitoring.
07.05. 8:50 Z 58°44'38"N 17°22'35"E 168° 0kt 632.6NM wind 3.2kt 121° baro 1032 hPa Started main engine
07.05. 8:54 Z 58°44'35"N 17°22'41"E 138° 2.8kt 632.6NM wind 7.4kt 157° baro 1032 hPa Motoring
07.05. 9:00 Z 58°44'22"N 17°22'57"E 184° 3.7kt 632.9NM wind 8.2kt 163° baro 1032 hPa Hourly position log
07.05. 9:15 Z 58°44'34"N 17°23'34"E 93° 0kt 633.6NM wind 8.5kt 147° baro 1032 hPa Stopped
07.05. 12:39 Z 58°44'34"N 17°23'34"E 341° 0kt 633.6NM wind 7.8kt 145° baro 1032 hPa Started watermaker