Bothnian Sea, 57NM S of Gåshällan
After a day of sauna and rest, the anticipated north wind finally arrived. This meant time for us to move on.
We motored the narrow fairway, and then rigged up the Parasailor. The whole day has been relaxed spinnaker sailing south at around 160° wind angle. Forecast has that continuing until morning, but we’ll see.
This time the steering solution has been the electric autopilot in wind mode. Downwind the reaction speed isn’t quite as essential, and the apparent wind has been too low for the windvane to steer well.
As on previous days, the sea has been empty apart from some distant AIS target. We’ve heard the murmur of engines from distance a few times, but haven’t spotted anything bigger than a seagull.
Now we enter the watch schedule as the night approaches.
- Distance today: 57.9NM
- Total distance: 1569.9NM
- Engine hours: 0.4
- Lunch: couscous salad
- Position:
61°37'46"N
20°54'22"E
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 15.06. 9:09 Z |
62°34'20"N
21°2'53"E
|
141°
|
0kt
|
1597.8NM
|
wind
2.7kt
203°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Started watermaker
|
| 15.06. 12:02 Z |
62°34'20"N
21°2'53"E
|
320°
|
0kt
|
1597.8NM
|
wind
3.5kt
226°
baro 1022 hPa
|
Stopped watermaker, 41ppm
|
| 16.06. 6:23 Z |
62°34'20"N
21°2'53"E
|
21°
|
0kt
|
1597.8NM
|
wind
3.6kt
3°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Started main engine
|
| 16.06. 6:28 Z |
62°34'15"N
21°3'7"E
|
148°
|
4.4kt
|
1597.8NM
|
wind
5.3kt
61°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Motoring
|
| 16.06. 6:32 Z |
62°34'2"N
21°2'55"E
|
234°
|
4.5kt
|
1598.1NM
|
wind
4.1kt
299°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 16.06. 6:51 Z |
62°32'54"N
21°1'8"E
|
205°
|
3.5kt
|
1599.5NM
|
wind
6.6kt
323°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Parasailor
|
| 16.06. 7:00 Z |
62°32'33"N
21°0'45"E
|
204°
|
3.1kt
|
1599.9NM
|
wind
7.5kt
345°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 8:00 Z |
62°28'46"N
20°57'34"E
|
199°
|
3.8kt
|
1604NM
|
wind
9kt
311°
sea state 1/10
clouds 1/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1019 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 8:42 Z |
62°25'36"N
20°55'14"E
|
191°
|
5.2kt
|
1607.3NM
|
wind
10.5kt
287°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Autopilot set to wind mode. Not enough apparent wind for the vane
|
| 16.06. 9:00 Z |
62°24'25"N
20°54'46"E
|
186°
|
3.3kt
|
1608.6NM
|
wind
6.3kt
273°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 10:00 Z |
62°19'41"N
20°53'48"E
|
185°
|
5.5kt
|
1613.3NM
|
wind
12.3kt
324°
sea state 2/10
clouds 0/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1019 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 11:00 Z |
62°14'34"N
20°54'10"E
|
173°
|
5kt
|
1618.5NM
|
wind
11.1kt
325°
baro 1019 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 12:00 Z |
62°8'46"N
20°54'15"E
|
183°
|
6.1kt
|
1624.3NM
|
wind
14.5kt
313°
sea state 2/10
clouds 1/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1018 hPa
|
Waves slightly picking up
|
| 16.06. 13:00 Z |
62°2'57"N
20°53'42"E
|
176°
|
5.9kt
|
1630.1NM
|
wind
13.9kt
306°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 14:00 Z |
61°57'12"N
20°54'10"E
|
182°
|
5.7kt
|
1635.9NM
|
wind
13.5kt
318°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 15:00 Z |
61°51'17"N
20°53'36"E
|
181°
|
6.5kt
|
1641.8NM
|
wind
14kt
337°
sea state 3/10
clouds 0/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1017 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 16:00 Z |
61°45'37"N
20°53'55"E
|
181°
|
5.3kt
|
1647.6NM
|
wind
12.6kt
323°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 17:00 Z |
61°40'33"N
20°54'12"E
|
184°
|
4.8kt
|
1652.6NM
|
wind
13.4kt
314°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 18:00 Z |
61°36'7"N
20°54'47"E
|
177°
|
4.2kt
|
1657.1NM
|
wind
11.1kt
315°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Bernhard on watch, Bergie to bed
|
| 16.06. 18:45 Z |
61°33'14"N
20°55'21"E
|
193°
|
3.9kt
|
1659.8NM
|
wind
10.2kt
310°
baro 1016 hPa
|
We just had a short DC system outage. Weird. Turned autopilot off, causing some Parasailor trouble
|
| 16.06. 19:54 Z |
61°29'17"N
20°54'31"E
|
152°
|
2.2kt
|
1663.2NM
|
wind
5.2kt
295°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 16.06. 19:59 Z |
61°29'7"N
20°54'32"E
|
195°
|
1.7kt
|
1663.3NM
|
wind
5kt
287°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Autopilot set to wind mode. Had to go to 130deg TWA to keep Parasailor filled in the swell
|
| 16.06. 20:13 Z |
61°28'30"N
20°54'35"E
|
157°
|
2.8kt
|
1664NM
|
wind
5.6kt
259°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 16.06. 20:20 Z |
61°28'17"N
20°54'45"E
|
175°
|
1.5kt
|
1664.2NM
|
wind
6kt
266°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Autopilot set to wind mode, 110deg TWA
|
| 16.06. 21:00 Z |
61°26'25"N
20°55'42"E
|
169°
|
3.2kt
|
1666.1NM
|
wind
8.8kt
260°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 21:44 Z |
61°23'27"N
20°57'36"E
|
169°
|
4.3kt
|
1669.3NM
|
wind
9.7kt
265°
sea state 3/10
clouds 1/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1016 hPa
|
Bergie on watch, Bernhard to bed
|
| 16.06. 22:00 Z |
61°22'18"N
20°58'20"E
|
169°
|
4.7kt
|
1670.4NM
|
wind
10.7kt
280°
sea state 2/10
clouds 0/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1016 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 16.06. 23:00 Z |
61°17'38"N
20°58'12"E
|
179°
|
5kt
|
1675.2NM
|
wind
10.9kt
285°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Hourly position log
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