Monäs - Valassaaret
After a restful night we hoisted sail and headed west. Inspired by a humpback whale sighting in Finnish waters we picked the “Whale Islands” as our destination. The outermost islands on the Finnish side of the Kvarken world heritage area.
Like yesterday, today’s theme was beating into big waves. As winds ranged from 13kt to 29kt, we got to do quite a few sail changes (genoa, staysail) and reefs on the way.
When we entered the channel between the Valassaaret islands, the waves disappeared completely, allowing for a nice docking manoeuvre. This island has a 19th century lighthouse built by the Eiffel company that would be interesting to explore tomorrow, assuming that the bird nesting season allows.
- Distance today: 47.3NM
- Total distance: 1427.9NM
- Engine hours: 0.5
- Lunch: spaghetti with tomato sauce
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 12.06. 8:35 Z |
63°28'25"N
22°19'50"E
|
131°
|
0kt
|
1466.4NM
|
wind
3.8kt
165°
baro 1024 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
| 12.06. 8:39 Z |
63°28'30"N
22°19'55"E
|
81°
|
2.7kt
|
1466.4NM
|
wind
8.6kt
206°
baro 1024 hPa
|
Motoring
|
| 12.06. 8:41 Z |
63°28'29"N
22°19'59"E
|
359°
|
3.3kt
|
1466.4NM
|
wind
15.5kt
201°
baro 1024 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
|
| 12.06. 8:59 Z |
63°29'47"N
22°17'55"E
|
324°
|
5.9kt
|
1468NM
|
wind
15.8kt
234°
baro 1024 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.06. 9:20 Z |
63°31'17"N
22°16'0"E
|
323°
|
5.9kt
|
1469.8NM
|
wind
14.8kt
257°
baro 1024 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 12.06. 9:29 Z |
63°32'0"N
22°15'1"E
|
312°
|
5.8kt
|
1470.6NM
|
wind
14.9kt
246°
baro 1024 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 12.06. 9:32 Z |
63°32'6"N
22°14'27"E
|
286°
|
5.3kt
|
1470.9NM
|
wind
13.6kt
214°
sea state 2/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1024 hPa
|
Windvane steering
|
| 12.06. 10:00 Z |
63°32'38"N
22°10'12"E
|
278°
|
3.3kt
|
1472.9NM
|
wind
10.6kt
244°
baro 1024 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.06. 10:03 Z |
63°32'40"N
22°9'49"E
|
276°
|
3.8kt
|
1473NM
|
wind
13.4kt
237°
baro 1024 hPa
|
Started watermaker
|
| 12.06. 11:00 Z |
63°33'3"N
22°1'29"E
|
275°
|
4kt
|
1476.8NM
|
wind
16.7kt
238°
baro 1024 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.06. 11:18 Z |
63°33'16"N
21°58'54"E
|
268°
|
4.7kt
|
1478NM
|
wind
20.2kt
231°
baro 1024 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Staysail
|
| 12.06. 12:00 Z |
63°33'26"N
21°52'22"E
|
274°
|
4.8kt
|
1480.9NM
|
wind
19kt
230°
sea state 3/10
clouds 3/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1024 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.06. 12:35 Z |
63°33'34"N
21°46'47"E
|
271°
|
4kt
|
1483.4NM
|
wind
15.6kt
226°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Genoa 1
|
| 12.06. 13:00 Z |
63°33'29"N
21°42'26"E
|
272°
|
5.5kt
|
1485.3NM
|
wind
16.6kt
224°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.06. 13:14 Z |
63°33'27"N
21°40'20"E
|
267°
|
4.9kt
|
1486.3NM
|
wind
20.1kt
223°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Staysail
|
| 12.06. 13:47 Z |
63°33'26"N
21°34'27"E
|
275°
|
6.6kt
|
1489NM
|
wind
21kt
213°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail
|
| 12.06. 14:00 Z |
63°33'35"N
21°32'8"E
|
290°
|
5.2kt
|
1490NM
|
wind
18.2kt
219°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.06. 14:13 Z |
63°33'31"N
21°30'28"E
|
129°
|
3.1kt
|
1491NM
|
wind
18kt
189°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Tacked to get closer to the route and maybe lesser waves and better internet
|
| 12.06. 15:00 Z |
63°30'34"N
21°34'21"E
|
144°
|
3.7kt
|
1494.4NM
|
wind
13.5kt
192°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.06. 15:07 Z |
63°30'13"N
21°35'0"E
|
169°
|
4.4kt
|
1494.9NM
|
wind
15.3kt
195°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Staysail
|
| 12.06. 15:26 Z |
63°29'10"N
21°35'53"E
|
243°
|
4.1kt
|
1496.3NM
|
wind
19.4kt
205°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Tack towards destination
|
| 12.06. 16:00 Z |
63°28'45"N
21°29'46"E
|
252°
|
5.4kt
|
1499.1NM
|
wind
21.6kt
204°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.06. 17:00 Z |
63°28'4"N
21°18'42"E
|
274°
|
5.2kt
|
1504.1NM
|
wind
22.6kt
201°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.06. 17:04 Z |
63°28'3"N
21°18'1"E
|
265°
|
5.7kt
|
1504.4NM
|
wind
24.5kt
212°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail
|
| 12.06. 17:34 Z |
63°27'49"N
21°11'37"E
|
281°
|
6.3kt
|
1507.3NM
|
wind
27.1kt
204°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Stopped watermaker
|
| 12.06. 17:52 Z |
63°27'43"N
21°7'52"E
|
269°
|
6.2kt
|
1509NM
|
wind
23.2kt
206°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 12.06. 18:00 Z |
63°27'36"N
21°6'14"E
|
254°
|
5.2kt
|
1509.7NM
|
wind
22.9kt
196°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.06. 18:25 Z |
63°27'8"N
21°1'56"E
|
238°
|
4kt
|
1511.7NM
|
wind
19.6kt
195°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 12.06. 18:33 Z |
63°26'56"N
21°1'24"E
|
135°
|
5.2kt
|
1512.1NM
|
wind
18.4kt
168°
baro 1020 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 12.06. 19:00 Z |
63°26'10"N
21°3'58"E
|
179°
|
0kt
|
1513.7NM
|
wind
16.9kt
190°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 12.06. 19:00 Z |
63°26'10"N
21°3'58"E
|
179°
|
0kt
|
1513.7NM
|
wind
11.3kt
176°
baro 1021 hPa
|
Stopped
|