Bothnian Sea, 22NM NE of Ulvöhamn
We spent an extra day in Ulvöhamn to wait out a blow. Then, the next day, as work laptop was closed we hoisted anchor and headed out. An “auf wiedersehen” rang from the shore. Lille Ø was the first visiting boat this year, we had been told.
As we will head more north, the last couple of weeks has been constant monitoring of the ice charts. Now finally the Bay of Bothnia was ice-free enough that the Finnish icebreaker fleet could head to summer quarters. This means we could continue sailing! Convenient, given that this is another long weekend.
We’re now following the Swedish coastline - some four-ish miles offshore - on a broad reach with the windvane steering. The sun is already low in the horizon, and the next watch change is at midnight. Soon we’ll enter the Kvarken area.
Happy Towel Day, everybody!
- Distance today: 22NM
- Total distance: 935.1NM
- Engine hours: 0.2
- Lunch: pea soup
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 25.05. 14:50 Z |
63°1'10"N
18°38'46"E
|
10°
|
0kt
|
977.1NM
|
wind
2.4kt
227°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
| 25.05. 14:59 Z |
63°1'7"N
18°39'1"E
|
104°
|
2.4kt
|
977.1NM
|
wind
2.7kt
274°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Motoring
|
| 25.05. 15:02 Z |
63°1'8"N
18°39'7"E
|
56°
|
2.2kt
|
977.2NM
|
wind
4.7kt
284°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
|
| 25.05. 15:24 Z |
63°1'45"N
18°41'20"E
|
73°
|
4.7kt
|
978.4NM
|
wind
9.5kt
310°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 25.05. 16:00 Z |
63°3'24"N
18°48'4"E
|
60°
|
5.8kt
|
981.9NM
|
wind
13.2kt
302°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Bergie on watch, Suski to bed
|
| 25.05. 16:15 Z |
63°4'8"N
18°50'59"E
|
68°
|
6.1kt
|
983.4NM
|
wind
16.9kt
296°
sea state 3/10
clouds 6/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1015 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated, windvane steering
|
| 25.05. 16:42 Z |
63°5'17"N
18°55'24"E
|
70°
|
6kt
|
985.7NM
|
wind
11.3kt
282°
baro 1015 hPa
|
A little bit annoying wind situation, changing between 10kt and 22kt. Some swell from the west banging sails when wind drops
|
| 25.05. 17:00 Z |
63°6'9"N
18°58'4"E
|
65°
|
4.7kt
|
987.2NM
|
wind
9.7kt
277°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 25.05. 17:15 Z |
63°7'6"N
19°0'18"E
|
54°
|
5.9kt
|
988.6NM
|
wind
19.6kt
258°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Moved spinnaker halyard to the windward side of the pulpit to prevent it slamming the genoa and shaking the whole rig. Seems a lot happier in clean air
|
| 25.05. 18:00 Z |
63°9'31"N
19°8'1"E
|
60°
|
6.1kt
|
992.9NM
|
wind
17.3kt
288°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 25.05. 18:03 Z |
63°9'41"N
19°8'33"E
|
54°
|
5.8kt
|
993.2NM
|
wind
17.2kt
272°
sea state 3/10
clouds 6/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1015 hPa
|
Deployed hydrogenerator
|
| 25.05. 19:00 Z |
63°12'12"N
19°17'10"E
|
70°
|
4.7kt
|
997.9NM
|
wind
12.3kt
283°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 25.05. 19:37 Z |
63°13'35"N
19°22'7"E
|
50°
|
3.2kt
|
1000.5NM
|
wind
7.2kt
273°
sea state 3/10
clouds 4/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1014 hPa
|
Autopilot activated. Too light wind for the vane
|
| 25.05. 19:42 Z |
63°13'47"N
19°22'50"E
|
63°
|
5.5kt
|
1000.9NM
|
wind
13.8kt
260°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated. Back to windvane
|
| 25.05. 20:00 Z |
63°14'43"N
19°25'59"E
|
72°
|
5.1kt
|
1002.7NM
|
wind
13.2kt
292°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 25.05. 20:48 Z |
63°17'28"N
19°33'1"E
|
68°
|
4.6kt
|
1006.9NM
|
wind
12.3kt
266°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Between the passing SCA ship and the rocks on the starboard, having to adjust the vane quite a bit
|
| 25.05. 21:00 Z |
63°18'13"N
19°34'47"E
|
46°
|
5.8kt
|
1008NM
|
wind
15.8kt
276°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 25.05. 21:24 Z |
63°19'33"N
19°38'18"E
|
81°
|
5.1kt
|
1010.1NM
|
wind
10.9kt
275°
sea state 3/10
clouds 7/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1014 hPa
|
Switched to wing-on-wing, need to get a bit lower on the wind
|
| 25.05. 22:00 Z |
63°20'36"N
19°44'9"E
|
71°
|
4.7kt
|
1013NM
|
wind
10.8kt
271°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 25.05. 22:06 Z |
63°20'48"N
19°45'4"E
|
47°
|
4.6kt
|
1013.5NM
|
wind
12.2kt
284°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Suski on watch, Bergie to bed
|
| 25.05. 23:00 Z |
63°23'31"N
19°52'36"E
|
46°
|
4.2kt
|
1017.9NM
|
wind
9.6kt
258°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 25.05. 23:01 Z |
63°23'34"N
19°52'42"E
|
53°
|
4.8kt
|
1017.9NM
|
wind
9.7kt
255°
sea state 2/10
clouds 7/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1013 hPa
|
Smetti out about 30 min ago.
|
| 25.05. 23:39 Z |
63°25'1"N
19°55'54"E
|
70°
|
1.8kt
|
1020NM
|
wind
3.8kt
255°
sea state 2/10
clouds 7/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hand steering. Wind died to 5 kn. And it is very bright. #windvane
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