Baltic Proper, 104NM SSW of Kalmar
The night was dark. Only a thin sliver of moon, and very few lights around. Wind died around midnight, and as we were in the main shipping lanes, we elected to motor though them.
After a few false starts, wind returned at dawn. By now the sea state had quieted completely, and so we were able to sail with even just 3-4kt of wind, like you would on a lake. However, the other thing brought on by the dawn was a thick layer of fog. At times only a couple of boat lengths were visible. We proceeded cautiously using the fog horn and monitoring AIS.
There was a sudden invasion of small flies on all the exposed boat surfaces. These were followed by a flock of small birds that made the various booms and spreaders their home. Eventually a hawk appeared that caught one of the smaller birds, and proceeded to enjoy its lunch on the starboard spreader and on our lazy bag. Feathers everywhere!
Before our own lunchtime we entered Danish waters. Now we could get online briefly to download new weather, and to blog. Looks like the weather window towards Poland is still good. And even the sky is getting a bit lighter!
- Distance today: 77.3NM
- Total distance: 2805.6NM
- Engine hours: 6.2
- Lunch: spaghetti bolognese
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 13.09. 0:00 Z |
55°52'42"N
16°6'37"E
|
217°
|
2.7kt
|
2838.9NM
|
wind
4.5kt
229°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 13.09. 0:00 Z |
55°52'41"N
16°6'36"E
|
199°
|
4.6kt
|
2838.9NM
|
wind
2.1kt
264°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 0:05 Z |
55°52'19"N
16°6'23"E
|
187°
|
5.3kt
|
2839.3NM
|
wind
3.4kt
217°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Well. At least the rain stopped. Motoring again to not be in the middle of the shipping lane.
|
| 13.09. 1:00 Z |
55°48'25"N
16°3'49"E
|
213°
|
4kt
|
2843.5NM
|
wind
3.9kt
252°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 1:05 Z |
55°48'6"N
16°3'28"E
|
209°
|
5.5kt
|
2843.9NM
|
wind
5.5kt
280°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Green completely out. Waves hit both lamps periodically.
|
| 13.09. 2:00 Z |
55°44'26"N
15°59'37"E
|
207°
|
5.2kt
|
2848.2NM
|
wind
3kt
240°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Bergie on watch, Suski to bed. Stars ahead are disappearing slowly. Another front?
|
| 13.09. 2:23 Z |
55°42'58"N
15°57'57"E
|
203°
|
2.4kt
|
2849.9NM
|
wind
6.2kt
312°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
|
| 13.09. 2:39 Z |
55°42'37"N
15°57'34"E
|
215°
|
1.7kt
|
2850.3NM
|
wind
6.4kt
323°
sea state 2/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 5/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Mostly out of the main traffic lanes
|
| 13.09. 2:58 Z |
55°42'15"N
15°57'8"E
|
212°
|
0.9kt
|
2850.8NM
|
wind
4kt
326°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring
|
| 13.09. 3:00 Z |
55°42'12"N
15°57'6"E
|
202°
|
4.3kt
|
2850.8NM
|
wind
3.7kt
248°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 4:00 Z |
55°37'48"N
15°52'5"E
|
210°
|
5.4kt
|
2856NM
|
wind
3.5kt
185°
sea state 2/10
clouds 8/8
visibility 1/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Enveloped by the fog bank. Also 180° wind shift
|
| 13.09. 4:12 Z |
55°36'54"N
15°51'4"E
|
212°
|
5.2kt
|
2857.1NM
|
wind
2.6kt
191°
sea state 2/10
clouds 8/8
visibility 0/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Visibility maybe four boat lengths, running the fog horn routine. Without AIS this would be quite exciting
|
| 13.09. 4:46 Z |
55°34'20"N
15°48'18"E
|
205°
|
2kt
|
2860.1NM
|
wind
4.3kt
336°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
|
| 13.09. 5:00 Z |
55°34'0"N
15°48'2"E
|
180°
|
1.7kt
|
2860.5NM
|
wind
5.2kt
339°
visibility 1/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 5:01 Z |
55°33'58"N
15°48'1"E
|
208°
|
1.5kt
|
2860.5NM
|
wind
5.7kt
356°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Sails down, motoring. With this wind and swell combo we need >6kt to keep sails filled
|
| 13.09. 5:31 Z |
55°31'42"N
15°45'34"E
|
211°
|
5.6kt
|
2863.2NM
|
wind
6.2kt
30°
baro 1012 hPa
|
The boat is covered with tiny flies. Where do these things come from? We're well offshore in international waters
|
| 13.09. 6:00 Z |
55°29'35"N
15°42'57"E
|
223°
|
5.3kt
|
2865.8NM
|
wind
5.4kt
148°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 6:20 Z |
55°28'12"N
15°41'17"E
|
202°
|
2.6kt
|
2867.5NM
|
wind
6.9kt
84°
clouds 8/8
visibility 3/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
|
| 13.09. 6:29 Z |
55°27'51"N
15°41'2"E
|
202°
|
2.4kt
|
2867.8NM
|
wind
7.2kt
73°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Heard a rumble of thunder in the distance
|
| 13.09. 6:50 Z |
55°27'11"N
15°40'37"E
|
192°
|
2.3kt
|
2868.5NM
|
wind
5.7kt
62°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Genoa 1 (20% furled). Poled out wing on wing
|
| 13.09. 7:00 Z |
55°26'51"N
15°40'25"E
|
212°
|
2.1kt
|
2868.9NM
|
wind
5.6kt
89°
sea state 1/10
clouds 8/8
visibility 3/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Sea state quieted enough that we can sail with lower winds again
|
| 13.09. 7:15 Z |
55°26'20"N
15°39'50"E
|
222°
|
4.5kt
|
2869.5NM
|
wind
8.1kt
176°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Rain started. No thunder in a while
|
| 13.09. 7:26 Z |
55°25'45"N
15°38'59"E
|
219°
|
2.5kt
|
2870.3NM
|
wind
4.1kt
169°
baro 1012 hPa
|
A hawk was circling the boat. Tried to land first on the windvane and then on spreaders before thinking better of it
|
| 13.09. 8:00 Z |
55°24'37"N
15°37'20"E
|
216°
|
2.2kt
|
2871.8NM
|
wind
6.8kt
64°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Suski on watch. A big flock of birds landed on the boat
|
| 13.09. 9:00 Z |
55°22'1"N
15°33'36"E
|
213°
|
2.5kt
|
2875.1NM
|
wind
6.4kt
66°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 9:13 Z |
55°21'40"N
15°33'8"E
|
215°
|
1.7kt
|
2875.6NM
|
wind
4.7kt
73°
sea state 1/10
clouds 8/8
visibility 6/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Slow sailing in rain.
|
| 13.09. 9:47 Z |
55°21'2"N
15°32'21"E
|
221°
|
0.9kt
|
2876.3NM
|
wind
2.2kt
13°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 13.09. 9:48 Z |
55°21'2"N
15°32'20"E
|
218°
|
1kt
|
2876.3NM
|
wind
2.2kt
356°
sea state 1/10
clouds 8/8
visibility 6/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Speed 0 , wind 1.5 kn. Autopilot on standby with rudder in middle. Waiting for wind with all sails up. Flat calm waters. Wind turning towards west through north as expected.
|
| 13.09. 10:00 Z |
55°20'48"N
15°32'10"E
|
206°
|
1.1kt
|
2876.6NM
|
wind
2.3kt
19°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 10:01 Z |
55°20'47"N
15°32'10"E
|
189°
|
1kt
|
2876.6NM
|
wind
2.4kt
356°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 13.09. 10:45 Z |
55°19'6"N
15°30'55"E
|
207°
|
3.1kt
|
2878.4NM
|
wind
6kt
345°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hawk having a lunch at the end of the boom. Mainsail has some feather spray as lunch started at saaling.
|
| 13.09. 11:00 Z |
55°18'40"N
15°30'30"E
|
228°
|
1.9kt
|
2878.9NM
|
wind
4.9kt
44°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 12:00 Z |
55°15'28"N
15°26'4"E
|
212°
|
4.8kt
|
2883.1NM
|
wind
11.5kt
346°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 12:59 Z |
55°11'23"N
15°21'58"E
|
205°
|
5.3kt
|
2887.8NM
|
wind
13.8kt
330°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 13:29 Z |
55°8'55"N
15°19'28"E
|
202°
|
5.6kt
|
2890.6NM
|
wind
18.8kt
331°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated
|
| 13.09. 13:30 Z |
55°8'50"N
15°19'23"E
|
202°
|
6.2kt
|
2890.7NM
|
wind
20.4kt
349°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Autopilot activated
|
| 13.09. 13:30 Z |
55°8'46"N
15°19'20"E
|
199°
|
6kt
|
2890.8NM
|
wind
20.4kt
337°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Furled Genoa 20%
|
| 13.09. 13:42 Z |
55°7'44"N
15°18'15"E
|
201°
|
6.2kt
|
2892NM
|
wind
21.2kt
339°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Autopilot deactivated, windvane steering
|
| 13.09. 13:50 Z |
55°6'59"N
15°17'18"E
|
212°
|
6.9kt
|
2893NM
|
wind
19.6kt
353°
sea state 3/10
clouds 8/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Bergie on watch
|
| 13.09. 14:00 Z |
55°6'4"N
15°16'29"E
|
195°
|
7.3kt
|
2894NM
|
wind
16.8kt
3°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 15:00 Z |
55°0'35"N
15°10'32"E
|
221°
|
7kt
|
2900.6NM
|
wind
17.1kt
346°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 15:14 Z |
54°59'35"N
15°8'56"E
|
210°
|
5.4kt
|
2901.9NM
|
wind
14.9kt
322°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Genoa 1
|
| 13.09. 16:00 Z |
54°56'19"N
15°4'34"E
|
231°
|
5.8kt
|
2906.1NM
|
wind
12.5kt
339°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 16:24 Z |
54°54'38"N
15°1'49"E
|
221°
|
6.6kt
|
2908.4NM
|
wind
17kt
332°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Genoa 1 (20% furled)
|
| 13.09. 17:00 Z |
54°51'46"N
14°57'35"E
|
235°
|
6.7kt
|
2912.2NM
|
wind
21.7kt
315°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 17:39 Z |
54°48'12"N
14°53'33"E
|
216°
|
6.6kt
|
2916.5NM
|
wind
16.6kt
327°
sea state 3/10
clouds 7/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1015 hPa
|
Out of Danish waters. Big rain cloud ahead
|
| 13.09. 18:02 Z |
54°46'7"N
14°51'20"E
|
209°
|
6.6kt
|
2919NM
|
wind
17.8kt
306°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Rain started. Another surprise visitor: bird landed on the tiller and now rests under the lifesling
|
| 13.09. 18:29 Z |
54°43'49"N
14°49'1"E
|
205°
|
6kt
|
2921.7NM
|
wind
13kt
330°
sea state 3/10
clouds 6/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1015 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Genoa 1. Looks like the worst of this raincloud went past us
|
| 13.09. 18:58 Z |
54°41'35"N
14°46'2"E
|
200°
|
6.6kt
|
2924.5NM
|
wind
13.7kt
350°
sea state 3/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1015 hPa
|
Overflight by what must be a very tightly packed Starlink train
|
| 13.09. 19:00 Z |
54°41'30"N
14°45'57"E
|
218°
|
5.7kt
|
2924.6NM
|
wind
14kt
314°
baro 1015 hPa
|
Seeing a light beam in the clouds from a lighthouse that is likely Greifswalder Oie
|
| 13.09. 19:59 Z |
54°36'4"N
14°40'27"E
|
194°
|
6.4kt
|
2931NM
|
wind
16.6kt
338°
baro 1016 hPa
|
Suski on watch
|
| 13.09. 21:00 Z |
54°30'16"N
14°34'51"E
|
201°
|
6.7kt
|
2937.7NM
|
wind
18.5kt
332°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 22:00 Z |
54°24'26"N
14°30'15"E
|
195°
|
5.2kt
|
2944.1NM
|
wind
15.1kt
324°
baro 1017 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 13.09. 22:24 Z |
54°22'14"N
14°28'26"E
|
215°
|
7kt
|
2946.6NM
|
wind
21.7kt
316°
sea state 3/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1017 hPa
|
There is bioluminescence thingies in the water! Did not know we had some in the Baltic.
|
| 13.09. 22:57 Z |
54°18'57"N
14°25'39"E
|
207°
|
7.4kt
|
2950.4NM
|
wind
25.5kt
328°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Genoa 1 (20% furled)
|
| 13.09. 23:00 Z |
54°18'42"N
14°25'27"E
|
197°
|
7.5kt
|
2950.6NM
|
wind
18.9kt
335°
baro 1018 hPa
|
Bergie on watch
|