Fäliskäret - Gåshällan
In the latest forecast the wind looked halfway sailable after all. We discussed possible harbour options with a local sailor, and then headed out.
In the morning we had to motor quite a bit to get to the open water. Then we got a nice leisurely sail on a close reach. As the wind was doing 40° turns, the windvane proved to be the right choice, as it could react faster to wind shifts than our electric autopilot does.
Sailing in Kvarken is certainly interesting! Today we were following a fairway rated to 3m depth, while having basically no land in sight:
In the evening the wind died and we had to motor the last 8NM to our target. Now we’re tied up to the Gåshällan visitor pier. And as I write this, the sauna is heating up.
- Distance today: 40.4NM
- Total distance: 1512NM
- Engine hours: 2.9
- Lunch: chanterelle risotto
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 14.06. 7:46 Z |
63°3'41"N
20°48'20"E
|
148°
|
0kt
|
1557.3NM
|
wind
3.4kt
212°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
| 14.06. 7:48 Z |
63°3'42"N
20°48'29"E
|
59°
|
4.6kt
|
1557.3NM
|
wind
4.9kt
162°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Motoring
|
| 14.06. 8:00 Z |
63°4'9"N
20°48'0"E
|
240°
|
4.8kt
|
1558.2NM
|
wind
4.6kt
226°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 14.06. 8:14 Z |
63°3'34"N
20°45'56"E
|
217°
|
4.8kt
|
1559.3NM
|
wind
4.3kt
225°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 14.06. 9:00 Z |
63°1'34"N
20°39'29"E
|
165°
|
2.9kt
|
1563NM
|
wind
5.4kt
212°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 14.06. 9:01 Z |
63°1'32"N
20°39'30"E
|
174°
|
2.5kt
|
1563NM
|
wind
4.6kt
218°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
|
| 14.06. 9:33 Z |
63°0'32"N
20°39'56"E
|
154°
|
2.5kt
|
1564NM
|
wind
4.3kt
190°
sea state 1/10
clouds 0/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1023 hPa
|
Very light winds, barely maintaining steering
|
| 14.06. 9:36 Z |
63°0'27"N
20°39'59"E
|
160°
|
1.9kt
|
1564.1NM
|
wind
4kt
203°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Autopilot set to wind mode
|
| 14.06. 10:00 Z |
62°59'34"N
20°40'44"E
|
145°
|
2.4kt
|
1565.1NM
|
wind
6.2kt
195°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 14.06. 10:26 Z |
62°58'28"N
20°41'37"E
|
162°
|
3.2kt
|
1566.3NM
|
wind
6kt
202°
sea state 2/10
clouds 1/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1023 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated, windvane steering. Tiller pilot was too slow to react to wind shifts
|
| 14.06. 11:00 Z |
62°57'17"N
20°40'55"E
|
268°
|
4.4kt
|
1568.1NM
|
wind
8.5kt
222°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 14.06. 12:00 Z |
62°55'2"N
20°37'54"E
|
172°
|
4kt
|
1572.1NM
|
wind
9.1kt
210°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 14.06. 12:29 Z |
62°53'17"N
20°38'29"E
|
172°
|
3.7kt
|
1573.9NM
|
wind
8.1kt
225°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Started watermaker. 44ppm, faster output than recently
|
| 14.06. 13:00 Z |
62°51'24"N
20°39'5"E
|
168°
|
3.7kt
|
1575.8NM
|
wind
7.8kt
232°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 14.06. 14:00 Z |
62°47'46"N
20°41'43"E
|
145°
|
4.6kt
|
1579.6NM
|
wind
9.2kt
233°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 14.06. 14:39 Z |
62°45'45"N
20°45'23"E
|
150°
|
3.8kt
|
1582.4NM
|
wind
7.7kt
204°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Autopilot activated. The space is getting narrow for the 40° wind shifts
|
| 14.06. 15:00 Z |
62°44'50"N
20°47'23"E
|
134°
|
4.4kt
|
1583.7NM
|
wind
7.6kt
188°
baro 1023 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 14.06. 16:00 Z |
62°42'9"N
20°53'6"E
|
138°
|
3kt
|
1587.5NM
|
wind
5.7kt
180°
sea state 1/10
clouds 0/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 14.06. 16:32 Z |
62°40'56"N
20°55'33"E
|
141°
|
2.6kt
|
1589.1NM
|
wind
5.2kt
190°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Stopped watermaker, 41ppm
|
| 14.06. 16:53 Z |
62°40'17"N
20°56'53"E
|
151°
|
2.5kt
|
1590NM
|
wind
6.4kt
192°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 14.06. 17:00 Z |
62°39'45"N
20°57'25"E
|
148°
|
5.2kt
|
1590.6NM
|
wind
5.8kt
192°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 14.06. 17:45 Z |
62°36'27"N
21°1'11"E
|
197°
|
5.1kt
|
1594.5NM
|
wind
6.3kt
173°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 14.06. 18:00 Z |
62°35'14"N
21°1'10"E
|
158°
|
5kt
|
1595.7NM
|
wind
6.1kt
177°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 14.06. 18:34 Z |
62°34'20"N
21°2'53"E
|
176°
|
0kt
|
1597.8NM
|
wind
4.5kt
185°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Stopped
|