Thursday, May 18, 2023

Åland Sea, 39NM N of Runmarö

A long weekend and a promising forecast meant heading out a bit further. Refreshed by sauna and the good sleep, we prepared the boat and left the SXK pier.

Right outside the harbour we were greeted by a beautiful sight - brig Tre Kronor was exiting another channel and setting up their sails. We passed them and continued our way north.

After lunch we started the six-on-six-off watch system, following the Stockholm archipelago’s winding fairways to get eventually offshore. Here we could sail more safely overnight and let the windvane do the steering. Höga Kusten, here we come!

Distance today: 39NM
Total distance: 674.2NM
Lunch: pea soup
Engine hours: 0.2

Position: 59°48'44"N 19°18'27"E

From the logbook

Time	Position	Course	Speed	Log	Weather	Remarks
18.05. 8:07 Z	59°16'19"N 18°43'39"E	345°	0kt	699.6NM	wind 1.2kt 341° baro 1026 hPa	Started main engine
18.05. 8:14 Z	59°16'28"N 18°43'38"E	327°	4.3kt	699.6NM	wind 9.6kt 299° baro 1026 hPa	Motoring
18.05. 8:16 Z	59°16'36"N 18°43'30"E	1°	5.2kt	699.7NM	wind 12.7kt 310° baro 1026 hPa	Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
18.05. 8:19 Z	59°16'51"N 18°43'41"E	23°	4.8kt	700NM	wind 7.7kt 315° baro 1026 hPa	Deployed hydrogenerator
18.05. 8:36 Z	59°17'49"N 18°44'53"E	42°	2.9kt	701.1NM	wind 2.6kt 349° baro 1026 hPa	Autopilot activated
18.05. 9:00 Z	59°18'59"N 18°46'24"E	41°	4.2kt	702.5NM	wind 8.2kt 289° baro 1026 hPa	Hourly position log
18.05. 10:00 Z	59°21'53"N 18°50'38"E	46°	4.4kt	706.2NM	wind 9.4kt 301° sea state 1/10 clouds 0/8 visibility 8/10 baro 1027 hPa	Hourly position log
18.05. 10:33 Z	59°23'58"N 18°53'14"E	34°	3.9kt	708.6NM	wind 9.7kt 253° baro 1027 hPa	Heard first Securité from Turku Radio. Möja channel
18.05. 11:00 Z	59°25'2"N 18°55'7"E	48°	3.5kt	710.1NM	wind 9.7kt 272° baro 1027 hPa	Hourly position log
18.05. 12:00 Z	59°26'41"N 18°58'30"E	43°	1.5kt	712.5NM	wind 4.3kt 247° sea state 1/10 clouds 0/8 visibility 8/10 baro 1027 hPa	Bergie on watch
18.05. 12:40 Z	59°27'42"N 19°0'39"E	48°	5.6kt	714NM	wind 15.1kt 160° sea state 2/10 clouds 0/8 visibility 8/10 baro 1027 hPa	Wind again!
18.05. 13:00 Z	59°29'10"N 19°3'15"E	44°	6.4kt	716NM	wind 15.5kt 164° baro 1028 hPa	Hourly position log
18.05. 14:00 Z	59°34'5"N 19°7'33"E	3°	5kt	721.5NM	wind 13kt 184° sea state 3/10 clouds 0/8 visibility 8/10 baro 1028 hPa	Hourly position log
18.05. 15:00 Z	59°39'15"N 19°9'41"E	18°	5.3kt	726.8NM	wind 14.4kt 146° baro 1028 hPa	Hourly position log
18.05. 15:55 Z	59°43'24"N 19°10'35"E	55°	5.9kt	731.1NM	wind 15.3kt 141° sea state 2/10 clouds 0/8 visibility 8/10 baro 1028 hPa	Entered the main Stockholm shipping channel
18.05. 16:00 Z	59°43'39"N 19°11'23"E	61°	5.8kt	731.6NM	wind 14.4kt 142° baro 1028 hPa	Hourly position log
18.05. 17:00 Z	59°46'42"N 19°18'44"E	7°	3.9kt	736.7NM	wind 10.2kt 156° baro 1028 hPa	Autopilot deactivated. Windvane Starbuck steering.
18.05. 17:00 Z	59°46'42"N 19°18'44"E	6°	4.1kt	736.7NM	wind 11.1kt 155° baro 1028 hPa	Hourly position log
18.05. 17:45 Z	59°49'22"N 19°18'13"E	3°	3.3kt	739.4NM	wind 9.5kt 143° sea state 2/10 clouds 0/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1028 hPa	Autopilot activated, not enough wind
18.05. 18:00 Z	59°50'10"N 19°17'54"E	338°	3.1kt	740.2NM	wind 9.9kt 170° baro 1029 hPa	Hourly position log
18.05. 18:06 Z	59°50'27"N 19°17'39"E	339°	3.3kt	740.6NM	wind 9.3kt 174° sea state 2/10 visibility 7/10 baro 1029 hPa	Bergie sleep, Suski sailing.
18.05. 19:00 Z	59°53'42"N 19°14'20"E	328°	4.3kt	744.2NM	wind 12.4kt 183° baro 1029 hPa	Hourly position log
18.05. 19:02 Z	59°53'49"N 19°14'10"E	328°	4.5kt	744.4NM	wind 14kt 187° sea state 2/10 visibility 7/10 baro 1029 hPa	Sailing
18.05. 20:00 Z	59°57'4"N 19°11'4"E	330°	3.4kt	748NM	wind 10.6kt 190° baro 1029 hPa	Hourly position log
18.05. 21:00 Z	59°59'50"N 19°7'27"E	334°	3.6kt	751.3NM	wind 9.8kt 202° baro 1029 hPa	Hourly position log
18.05. 21:02 Z	59°59'56"N 19°7'21"E	327°	3.4kt	751.4NM	wind 10.1kt 185° sea state 2/10 clouds 1/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1029 hPa	Sailing in the calm winds.
18.05. 22:00 Z	60°2'34"N 19°4'55"E	335°	2.7kt	754.3NM	wind 9.9kt 207° baro 1029 hPa	Hourly position log
18.05. 22:47 Z	60°4'51"N 19°2'53"E	331°	3.3kt	756.8NM	wind 9.5kt 191° sea state 2/10 clouds 0/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1030 hPa	Not properly dark. The sun is hiding just below the horizon providing a little bit of light.
18.05. 23:00 Z	60°5'27"N 19°2'16"E	336°	3kt	757.5NM	wind 10.1kt 193° baro 1030 hPa	Hourly position log