North Sea, 126NM W of Bukkøya
The first watches were accompanied with only a slight breeze and we were gliding towards west slowly. As the darkness fell, we were going wing on wing with the occasional bigger wave throwing us off course easily. As the second watch change came, we decided to give up the wing in wing and change our course for a higher broad reach. That would give us diminished sail flapping so better sleep for the off-watch.
That sleep was broken up in the morning with a frantic “We have a fish!” By the time Suski was out of bed, Bergie has pulled the mackerel on deck and dispatched it. Now came the conundrum, neither of us had cleaned and filleted a fish in over 20 years! So we pulled up from the boats digital library instructions of how to do this. Suski was reading and showing pictures to Bergie and he followed the instructions successfully. Breakfast became fried mackerel in olive oil and garlic. Fish this fresh is very tasty.
Now we are going through a series of fog clouds with our navigational lights on and sounding the fog horn. Halfway mark has been passed and we are making good progress.
- Distance today: 102 NM
- Total distance: 978.5 NM
- Lunch today: Avocado wraps
- Engine hours: 0
| Time |
Position |
Course |
Speed |
Log |
Weather |
Remarks |
| 04.05. 0:00 Z |
59°34'38"N
4°0'1"E
|
300°
|
3.4kt
|
4136.6NM
|
wind
9kt
77°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Bergie on watch, Suski to bed. Sails seem to stay filled a lot better in these conditions doing 140°TWA instead of dead downwind
|
| 04.05. 0:33 Z |
59°36'7"N
3°57'23"E
|
325°
|
3.3kt
|
4138.6NM
|
wind
9.8kt
100°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Stowed hydrogenerator, not enough wind for output
|
| 04.05. 1:00 Z |
59°37'27"N
3°55'34"E
|
318°
|
4kt
|
4140.2NM
|
wind
11.9kt
105°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 1:22 Z |
59°38'45"N
3°53'35"E
|
314°
|
5.4kt
|
4141.8NM
|
wind
14kt
104°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Wind is slightly up, so back to schmetti at 160°
|
| 04.05. 2:00 Z |
59°40'40"N
3°48'44"E
|
313°
|
4.1kt
|
4145NM
|
wind
10.2kt
96°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 3:00 Z |
59°43'3"N
3°40'55"E
|
301°
|
5.1kt
|
4149.6NM
|
wind
11.5kt
97°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 3:33 Z |
59°44'35"N
3°36'36"E
|
314°
|
4.9kt
|
4152.2NM
|
wind
12kt
94°
sea state 2/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1013 hPa
|
Sun coming up. Still some peaks of Norway in the horizon
|
| 04.05. 4:00 Z |
59°45'52"N
3°33'11"E
|
307°
|
4.7kt
|
4154.4NM
|
wind
11.8kt
97°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 4:42 Z |
59°47'36"N
3°28'18"E
|
298°
|
4.5kt
|
4157.4NM
|
wind
9.5kt
94°
baro 1013 hPa
|
We got a fish! A nice mackerel
|
| 04.05. 5:00 Z |
59°48'26"N
3°25'56"E
|
305°
|
4.7kt
|
4158.9NM
|
wind
11.1kt
93°
sea state 2/10
clouds 5/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1013 hPa
|
Mackerel was gutted, filleted, and fried in garlic and olive oil for breakfast
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| 04.05. 6:00 Z |
59°50'47"N
3°19'52"E
|
254°
|
2.9kt
|
4162.8NM
|
wind
9.9kt
131°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 6:05 Z |
59°50'49"N
3°19'20"E
|
286°
|
3.6kt
|
4163NM
|
wind
9.9kt
117°
sea state 2/10
clouds 7/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1013 hPa
|
Bergie to off watch. We turned the wing on wing around.
|
| 04.05. 6:35 Z |
59°51'29"N
3°15'4"E
|
284°
|
4.8kt
|
4165.3NM
|
wind
12.6kt
169°
sea state 2/10
clouds 6/8
visibility 8/10
baro 1013 hPa
|
Wind turned more.Took wing on wing down and now sailing smoothly along a nice beam reach.
|
| 04.05. 7:00 Z |
59°51'46"N
3°11'5"E
|
268°
|
4.5kt
|
4167.4NM
|
wind
13kt
141°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 8:00 Z |
59°52'6"N
3°3'1"E
|
297°
|
4.3kt
|
4171.4NM
|
wind
10.6kt
158°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 9:00 Z |
59°53'27"N
2°52'48"E
|
294°
|
5.6kt
|
4176.8NM
|
wind
14.6kt
187°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 9:21 Z |
59°54'0"N
2°49'15"E
|
287°
|
4.9kt
|
4178.6NM
|
wind
11.3kt
189°
sea state 3/10
clouds 4/8
visibility 5/10
baro 1013 hPa
|
Sea fog ahead.
|
| 04.05. 9:32 Z |
59°54'17"N
2°47'19"E
|
284°
|
5.9kt
|
4179.7NM
|
wind
12.8kt
184°
sea state 3/10
visibility 5/10
baro 1013 hPa
|
Fog horn and positional lights on.
|
| 04.05. 9:54 Z |
59°54'41"N
2°43'23"E
|
273°
|
6.1kt
|
4181.7NM
|
wind
14.9kt
183°
sea state 3/10
clouds 7/8
visibility 6/10
baro 1014 hPa
|
Fog lifted a lot. Position lights on, fog horn off.
|
| 04.05. 9:59 Z |
59°54'45"N
2°42'23"E
|
270°
|
6.2kt
|
4182.2NM
|
wind
18.3kt
182°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 10:19 Z |
59°54'58"N
2°38'35"E
|
259°
|
6.2kt
|
4184.1NM
|
wind
16.1kt
181°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Got hailed in the radio to move to 06, but they didn't come with me. Said I'll move to 06 on 16 but they didn't come. They wanted to know If I see Buoy 2. I did. They started with Norwegian first.
|
| 04.05. 10:46 Z |
59°55'6"N
2°33'29"E
|
246°
|
5.5kt
|
4186.7NM
|
wind
13.1kt
186°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Lol. Their buoy sender is in board their vessel. Not on the byou.
|
| 04.05. 11:00 Z |
59°55'0"N
2°30'53"E
|
274°
|
5.8kt
|
4188NM
|
wind
11.3kt
152°
baro 1014 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 11:14 Z |
59°55'7"N
2°28'21"E
|
283°
|
5.6kt
|
4189.3NM
|
wind
12.9kt
189°
sea state 3/10
clouds 4/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1014 hPa
|
Fog lifted.
|
| 04.05. 12:00 Z |
59°56'4"N
2°21'18"E
|
272°
|
4.6kt
|
4192.9NM
|
wind
10.6kt
147°
sea state 3/10
clouds 2/8
visibility 7/10
baro 1014 hPa
|
Lunch. Bergie on watch, Suski to bed.
|
| 04.05. 13:01 Z |
59°56'30"N
2°12'10"E
|
277°
|
4.7kt
|
4197.6NM
|
wind
10.6kt
164°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Across the halfway mark to Lerwick, 105NM left
|
| 04.05. 13:55 Z |
59°56'43"N
2°3'44"E
|
286°
|
5.7kt
|
4201.8NM
|
wind
12.1kt
149°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Rebooted N2K, the upper B&G Triton2 was stuck again
|
| 04.05. 14:00 Z |
59°56'44"N
2°2'53"E
|
269°
|
4.9kt
|
4202.2NM
|
wind
12.6kt
153°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 14:25 Z |
59°56'49"N
1°58'37"E
|
255°
|
5.7kt
|
4204.4NM
|
wind
15.5kt
158°
sea state 3/10
clouds 8/8
visibility 6/10
baro 1013 hPa
|
Low clouds, let's see if we end up in fog again
|
| 04.05. 14:43 Z |
59°56'58"N
1°55'30"E
|
271°
|
5kt
|
4206NM
|
wind
13.4kt
154°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Deployed hydrogenerator
|
| 04.05. 15:00 Z |
59°57'13"N
1°52'44"E
|
281°
|
4.9kt
|
4207.4NM
|
wind
12.9kt
136°
baro 1013 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 15:27 Z |
59°57'32"N
1°48'11"E
|
285°
|
5kt
|
4209.7NM
|
wind
13kt
173°
sea state 3/10
clouds 8/8
visibility 3/10
baro 1013 hPa
|
Back in fog
|
| 04.05. 16:00 Z |
59°58'0"N
1°42'36"E
|
286°
|
5.9kt
|
4212.5NM
|
wind
14.6kt
121°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 17:00 Z |
59°58'30"N
1°32'5"E
|
289°
|
6kt
|
4217.8NM
|
wind
15kt
131°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 17:32 Z |
59°58'46"N
1°26'12"E
|
296°
|
6.9kt
|
4220.8NM
|
wind
15.1kt
120°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Genoa 1 (20% furled). Gusts over 20kt
|
| 04.05. 18:00 Z |
59°58'46"N
1°20'57"E
|
267°
|
5.9kt
|
4223.4NM
|
wind
16kt
144°
baro 1012 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 18:05 Z |
59°58'48"N
1°20'2"E
|
275°
|
5.6kt
|
4223.9NM
|
wind
17.3kt
146°
sea state 3/10
clouds 8/8
visibility 4/10
baro 1012 hPa
|
Bergie to off watch, Suski on watch. Still in fog.
|
| 04.05. 19:00 Z |
59°59'12"N
1°9'54"E
|
277°
|
6.4kt
|
4229NM
|
wind
17.6kt
123°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 19:33 Z |
59°58'57"N
1°3'43"E
|
257°
|
5.4kt
|
4232.1NM
|
wind
19.8kt
132°
sea state 3/10
clouds 8/8
visibility 4/10
baro 1011 hPa
|
Spi fall is rolled in with genoa. The only way to get it out is to roll out, go to bow and move it on the wind ward side and then roll. Woke up Bergie to help sort it out.
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| 04.05. 19:49 Z |
59°58'54"N
1°0'37"E
|
282°
|
6kt
|
4233.7NM
|
wind
16.9kt
141°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Sails set: Main, Genoa 1 (50% furled)
|
| 04.05. 20:00 Z |
59°59'6"N
0°58'44"E
|
264°
|
5.1kt
|
4234.7NM
|
wind
16.8kt
138°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 21:00 Z |
60°0'26"N
0°47'43"E
|
283°
|
3.7kt
|
4240.4NM
|
wind
14.8kt
137°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 22:00 Z |
60°1'51"N
0°36'35"E
|
269°
|
5.7kt
|
4246.1NM
|
wind
18.7kt
133°
baro 1011 hPa
|
Hourly position log
|
| 04.05. 23:00 Z |
60°3'22"N
0°25'6"E
|
270°
|
6.7kt
|
4252.1NM
|
wind
20.3kt
133°
baro 1010 hPa
|
Hourly position log
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