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Saturday, May 11, 2024

Housa Voe - Scalloway

Papa Stour offered some amazing hiking among the steep cliffs and Lapland-like fells of the interior. But now there’s some weather coming and hence time to move to a more sheltered position.

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We waited for the slack tide and headed out. In the narrow pass just south of the island we were greeted with a 4kn current and substantial standing waves. So it seemed our timing was wrong. We had observed on our walks the calmer areas, so we motored through there.

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When we were done with the pass, we hoisted our sails, first reef and staysail. Then it became genoa and unreefed main. Then motoring. Then sailing. Then motoring until we reached the small archipelago in front of Scalloway. Then it was an amazing beam reach through the skerries between islands.

We found the Scalloway boat club floating pontoon without issues. We made a perfect docking manouver and tied us in. And then we had a speeding fishing boat come through making a huge wake. And we immediately decided to move to the more sheltered side of the pier. So we took off, drove a circle to give us time to retie all fenders and retied Lille Ø on the other side. 2 manoeuvres means 2 anlegers! Thanks Bernhard and Karsten!

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From the logbook

Time Position Course Speed Log Weather Remarks
11.05. 9:48 Z 60°19'41"N 1°40'10"W 76° 0kt 4360.7NM wind 12.8kt 200° baro 1021 hPa Started main engine
11.05. 9:50 Z 60°19'40"N 1°40'10"W 230° 1.9kt 4360.7NM wind 9.2kt 208° baro 1021 hPa Anchor up, motoring
11.05. 10:44 Z 60°18'23"N 1°42'45"W 247° 5.2kt 4364.1NM wind 15.6kt 195° baro 1021 hPa Motor stopped, sailing with Main (1st reef), Staysail. Tidal race in the strait was nasty, with 4kt current against wind and Atlantic swell
11.05. 11:00 Z 60°17'26"N 1°44'43"W 211° 4.8kt 4365.5NM wind 14.5kt 151° baro 1021 hPa Hourly position log
11.05. 11:06 Z 60°17'2"N 1°45'10"W 197° 4.9kt 4366NM wind 12.9kt 169° sea state 3/10 clouds 3/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1021 hPa Windvane steering
11.05. 11:12 Z 60°16'37"N 1°45'37"W 210° 5.1kt 4366.5NM wind 12.7kt 148° baro 1021 hPa Started watermaker, 222ppm
11.05. 11:52 Z 60°13'25"N 1°46'50"W 192° 5kt 4369.7NM wind 6.9kt 156° baro 1021 hPa Sails set: Main, Genoa 1, Staysail
11.05. 12:00 Z 60°12'51"N 1°46'57"W 194° 3.2kt 4370.3NM wind 6kt 153° baro 1021 hPa Hourly position log
11.05. 12:02 Z 60°12'44"N 1°46'59"W 184° 2.4kt 4370.4NM wind 5.2kt 148° baro 1021 hPa Sails set: Main, Genoa 1
11.05. 12:16 Z 60°12'30"N 1°46'16"W 162° 1.8kt 4370.9NM wind 6.6kt 127° baro 1021 hPa Stopped watermaker, 133ppm
11.05. 12:17 Z 60°12'28"N 1°46'15"W 182° 1.7kt 4371NM wind 6.5kt 98° baro 1021 hPa Sails down, motoring
11.05. 12:24 Z 60°12'5"N 1°45'22"W 111° 4.1kt 4371.6NM wind 7.9kt 170° baro 1021 hPa Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
11.05. 12:26 Z 60°12'3"N 1°45'12"W 119° 4.4kt 4371.6NM wind 8.7kt 144° baro 1021 hPa Windvane steering
11.05. 12:34 Z 60°11'46"N 1°44'6"W 105° 5.2kt 4372.3NM wind 9.5kt 139° baro 1021 hPa Started watermaker, 150ppm
11.05. 13:00 Z 60°10'50"N 1°40'8"W 115° 4.6kt 4374.4NM wind 11kt 145° baro 1021 hPa Hourly position log
11.05. 13:33 Z 60°10'10"N 1°36'40"W 100° 1.5kt 4376.3NM wind 5.3kt 182° baro 1021 hPa Stopped watermaker, 154ppm
11.05. 13:36 Z 60°10'8"N 1°36'32"W 73° 1.3kt 4376.4NM wind 4.7kt 167° baro 1021 hPa Sails down, motoring
11.05. 13:51 Z 60°9'3"N 1°34'44"W 132° 2.9kt 4377.8NM wind 6.8kt 166° baro 1021 hPa Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
11.05. 14:00 Z 60°8'50"N 1°34'1"W 140° 2kt 4378.2NM wind 5.2kt 162° baro 1021 hPa Hourly position log
11.05. 14:03 Z 60°8'47"N 1°33'50"W 113° 2kt 4378.3NM wind 4.1kt 157° baro 1021 hPa Sails down, motoring
11.05. 14:20 Z 60°8'9"N 1°31'11"W 104° 4.1kt 4379.8NM wind 8.1kt 184° baro 1021 hPa Motor stopped, sailing with Main, Genoa 1
11.05. 15:00 Z 60°8'9"N 1°25'23"W 94° 4.8kt 4382.7NM wind 13.7kt 159° baro 1021 hPa Hourly position log
11.05. 15:33 Z 60°7'49"N 1°20'8"W 99° 2.3kt 4385.4NM wind 9.1kt 193° baro 1021 hPa Sails down, motoring
11.05. 15:57 Z 60°8'1"N 1°17'5"W 162° 0kt 4387.1NM wind 8.8kt 179° baro 1021 hPa Stopped
11.05. 16:00 Z 60°8'1"N 1°17'5"W 224° 0kt 4387.1NM wind 7.1kt 171° baro 1021 hPa Started main engine
11.05. 16:02 Z 60°8'0"N 1°17'3"W 329° 0.8kt 4387.1NM wind 5.5kt 195° baro 1021 hPa Motoring
11.05. 16:07 Z 60°8'1"N 1°17'6"W 187° 0kt 4387.2NM wind 5.7kt 215° baro 1020 hPa Stopped