Juniskär
The night brought with it a little bit more wind and we were gliding on the waves smoothly. The northen horizon glows with sun’s rays and it is just pure magic to do night passages this time of the year. Dusk and dawn simultaneously on the northern side and stars and night sky on southern side.

We got Starbuck, our windvane, dialed in so smoothly that all we needed to do, was to keep lookout and ourselves warm. Entertainment for the night was provided by Turku Radio informing regularily the channels where you can get info on the locations of the ice breakers (!!!) and weather. With the sun warming us during the days and the vibrant green leaves it is easy to forget that Bay of Bothnia is still partially covered with ice!
We caught a SXK buoy in Juniskär and get to enjoy sunshine and the first T-shirt weather day (at least as long as the sun is up).
- Distance today: 69 NM
- Total distance: 841.2 NM
- Lunch today: feta salad
- Engine hours: 0.1
Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
20.05. 0:00 Z |
61°45'52"N
18°2'46"E
|
358°
|
4.1kt |
865.7NM |
wind 12.7kt 213°
sea state 2/10
clouds 1/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1029 hPa
|
Bergie on watch and Suski to bed
|
20.05. 1:00 Z |
61°50'39"N
18°0'30"E
|
353°
|
5.2kt |
870.7NM |
wind 14.3kt 220°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
20.05. 2:00 Z |
61°55'10"N
17°58'30"E
|
336°
|
4.7kt |
875.3NM |
wind 13.7kt 206°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
20.05. 2:09 Z |
61°55'50"N
17°58'5"E
|
337°
|
4.8kt |
876NM |
wind 14kt 199°
sea state 3/10
clouds 0/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1030 hPa
|
Moved boom preventer to outside genoa sheets to prevent chafe
|
20.05. 3:00 Z |
61°59'20"N
17°56'19"E
|
348°
|
4.1kt |
879.7NM |
wind 13kt 209°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
20.05. 4:00 Z |
62°3'25"N
17°53'44"E
|
340°
|
3.2kt |
884NM |
wind 11kt 220°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
20.05. 5:00 Z |
62°7'24"N
17°51'6"E
|
332°
|
3.7kt |
888.2NM |
wind 12.8kt 221°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
20.05. 5:24 Z |
62°8'43"N
17°49'50"E
|
333°
|
2.7kt |
889.7NM |
wind 9.6kt 214°
sea state 2/10
clouds 0/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1030 hPa
|
Stowed hydrogenerator
|
20.05. 5:34 Z |
62°9'12"N
17°49'22"E
|
351°
|
2.9kt |
890.2NM |
wind 8.8kt 190°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Wind started shifting and dropping, went wing on wing
|
20.05. 5:41 Z |
62°9'34"N
17°49'12"E
|
334°
|
3.3kt |
890.6NM |
wind 10.8kt 193°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
20.05. 6:00 Z |
62°10'31"N
17°48'37"E
|
346°
|
2.7kt |
891.6NM |
wind 9.8kt 207°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Bergie sleeping duty, Suski on sea watch.
|
20.05. 6:59 Z |
62°13'41"N
17°45'29"E
|
317°
|
5.4kt |
895.2NM |
wind 14kt 185°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
20.05. 7:20 Z |
62°14'22"N
17°43'43"E
|
320°
|
1.2kt |
896.3NM |
wind 2.1kt 190°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
20.05. 7:31 Z |
62°14'28"N
17°43'33"E
|
354°
|
0.7kt |
896.5NM |
wind 1.1kt 324°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
20.05. 7:46 Z |
62°14'58"N
17°43'17"E
|
311°
|
2.3kt |
897NM |
wind 5.5kt 228°
sea state 0/10
clouds 0/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1030 hPa
|
Total wind shadow, 360 windshift, genoa tangled in inner forestay kind of a situation. 🙄
|
20.05. 7:50 Z |
62°15'2"N
17°43'3"E
|
304°
|
1.4kt |
897.2NM |
wind 0.4kt 302°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
20.05. 7:58 Z |
62°15'11"N
17°42'57"E
|
315°
|
3kt |
897.3NM |
wind 7.6kt 229°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
20.05. 8:00 Z |
62°15'15"N
17°42'49"E
|
318°
|
2.2kt |
897.4NM |
wind 4.4kt 235°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
20.05. 9:00 Z |
62°16'19"N
17°36'19"E
|
277°
|
2.8kt |
900.6NM |
wind 9.6kt 162°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
20.05. 9:12 Z |
62°16'32"N
17°34'53"E
|
286°
|
4kt |
901.3NM |
wind 10.4kt 161°
sea state 1/10
clouds 0/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1030 hPa
|
Hylkeitä! Iso lauma hylkeitä!
|
20.05. 10:00 Z |
62°17'31"N
17°30'19"E
|
287°
|
2.7kt |
903.7NM |
wind 9.1kt 151°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
20.05. 10:14 Z |
62°17'40"N
17°29'7"E
|
267°
|
2.7kt |
904.3NM |
wind 8.8kt 129°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
20.05. 10:26 Z |
62°17'39"N
17°27'41"E
|
256°
|
3.9kt |
904.9NM |
wind 11.6kt 115°
baro 1030 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
20.05. 10:33 Z |
62°17'38"N
17°27'3"E
|
281°
|
0.4kt |
905.3NM |
wind 7.4kt 94°
baro 1029 hPa
|
Motor stopped
|
20.05. 10:36 Z |
62°17'38"N
17°27'2"E
|
141°
|
0kt |
905.3NM |
wind 8.2kt 104°
sea state 1/10
clouds 4/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1029 hPa
|
Moored, SXK Juniskär
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