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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Peel - Howth

After two fun days on Isle of Man, there was again a forecast that got us moving - the winds would turn northerly in the evening, and remain so for about 12h. Luckily that coincided with the evening high water, and so we grabbed passage pizza and left Peel marina at 11pm towards the darkening Irish Sea.

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The first couple of hours went under engine, until the wind filled in. We poled out for a wing-on-wing configuration with the genoa. Around sunrise the wind picked up even more, and we moved to a broad reach with the staysail.

There was quite a bit of fishing traffic near the coast of Man, but afterwards we had the sea mostly for ourselves. The summer is more and more here as we head south, and this was the first time on this trip when night watches weren’t cold.

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In the early afternoon the wind died again, and we motored into the Howth Yacht Club harbour just outside Dublin. The harbour is busy with all kinds of boats coming in and out, so seems the summer vacation season is in full swing here.



From the logbook

Time Position Course Speed Log Weather Remarks
22.07. 16:33 Z 54°13'20"N 4°41'54"W 213° 0kt 5474.1NM wind 8.3kt 204° baro 1012 hPa Filled up 45l diesel + one cork biocide
22.07. 21:10 Z 54°13'20"N 4°41'54"W 163° 0kt 5474.1NM wind 2.5kt 232° baro 1013 hPa Started main engine
22.07. 21:18 Z 54°13'24"N 4°41'52"W 346° 1.7kt 5474.1NM wind 2.8kt 199° baro 1013 hPa Motoring
22.07. 21:22 Z 54°13'24"N 4°41'54"W 47° 0kt 5474.1NM wind 1.5kt 198° baro 1013 hPa Stopped
22.07. 21:55 Z 54°13'24"N 4°41'54"W 62° 0kt 5474.1NM wind 2.9kt 169° baro 1014 hPa Started main engine
22.07. 22:00 Z 54°13'32"N 4°41'51"W 23° 2.9kt 5474.1NM wind 4.2kt 212° baro 1014 hPa Motoring
22.07. 22:07 Z 54°13'55"N 4°41'52"W 302° 4.4kt 5474.7NM wind 4.7kt 253° baro 1014 hPa Autopilot activated
22.07. 22:28 Z 54°13'44"N 4°43'47"W 213° 4.5kt 5476.2NM wind 6.7kt 207° sea state 2/10 clouds 6/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1014 hPa Hoisted Main in 1st reef in anticipation of the eventual wind shift. So, motorsailing into the night
22.07. 23:00 Z 54°11'44"N 4°46'11"W 219° 5.1kt 5478.7NM wind 4.4kt 180° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 0:00 Z 54°8'15"N 4°51'31"W 223° 4.4kt 5483.4NM wind 3.7kt 281° baro 1014 hPa Wind shift has happened, but it still needs to pick up
23.07. 0:54 Z 54°5'28"N 4°56'18"W 216° 4kt 5487.3NM wind 6.5kt 29° baro 1014 hPa Green nav light is offline, and the spare didn't work either
23.07. 1:00 Z 54°5'8"N 4°56'42"W 213° 4.2kt 5487.8NM wind 7kt 21° baro 1014 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 1:14 Z 54°4'17"N 4°57'40"W 216° 4.6kt 5488.8NM wind 7.1kt 35° baro 1014 hPa In the new met forecast only 3 or less for Isle of Man. Still motoring. Bergie in bed, Suski on watch.
23.07. 1:49 Z 54°2'6"N 4°59'54"W 216° 3.6kt 5491.3NM wind 11.9kt 351° baro 1015 hPa Motor stopped, sailing with Main (1st reef), Staysail
23.07. 1:50 Z 54°2'2"N 4°59'59"W 211° 3.8kt 5491.4NM wind 10.7kt 5° baro 1015 hPa Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1
23.07. 1:51 Z 54°1'59"N 5°0'2"W 229° 3.9kt 5491.5NM wind 9.8kt 347° baro 1015 hPa Finally wind. With the swell sails slapping around a bit. The new deck light works amazing when setting up the pole.
23.07. 2:00 Z 54°1'27"N 5°0'33"W 201° 4.3kt 5492.1NM wind 10.9kt 355° baro 1015 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 2:18 Z 54°0'7"N 5°1'36"W 199° 4.1kt 5493.5NM wind 13.2kt 1° baro 1015 hPa Orca has shittified the app. The AIS estimations now have only distance, no time fpr CPA. 'Nice' to notice in the middle of the night on a passage.
23.07. 3:00 Z 53°57'3"N 5°4'1"W 204° 5kt 5496.9NM wind 11.6kt 354° baro 1015 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 3:28 Z 53°54'38"N 5°5'55"W 194° 6kt 5499.6NM wind 13.4kt 9° baro 1016 hPa Fishing with new weights.
23.07. 4:00 Z 53°51'41"N 5°8'58"W 215° 7.3kt 5503.1NM wind 18.4kt 345° baro 1016 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 4:09 Z 53°50'52"N 5°9'47"W 213° 6.2kt 5504NM wind 17.3kt 356° baro 1016 hPa Sails set: Main (1st reef), Genoa 1 (20% furled)
23.07. 4:18 Z 53°50'5"N 5°10'39"W 215° 6.1kt 5505NM wind 16.8kt 358° baro 1017 hPa Sails set: Main (1st reef), Staysail
23.07. 4:35 Z 53°48'50"N 5°12'56"W 236° 6.3kt 5506.8NM wind 18kt 339° sea state 3/10 clouds 4/8 visibility 7/10 baro 1017 hPa Autopilot deactivated, windvane steering
23.07. 5:00 Z 53°47'5"N 5°16'35"W 232° 7.7kt 5509.6NM wind 19.8kt 19° baro 1017 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 6:00 Z 53°43'3"N 5°23'27"W 224° 5.6kt 5515.4NM wind 13kt 357° baro 1018 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 6:26 Z 53°41'18"N 5°25'58"W 229° 5.6kt 5517.7NM wind 14.8kt 330° baro 1019 hPa Sails set: Main, Staysail
23.07. 7:00 Z 53°39'25"N 5°30'13"W 237° 6kt 5520.9NM wind 17.5kt 355° sea state 3/10 clouds 2/8 visibility 8/10 baro 1019 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 8:00 Z 53°36'30"N 5°37'49"W 206° 4.4kt 5526.3NM wind 14.5kt 326° baro 1020 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 8:43 Z 53°34'14"N 5°41'0"W 232° 4.6kt 5529.3NM wind 11.1kt 317° baro 1020 hPa Watermaker to canister at 192
23.07. 8:55 Z 53°33'42"N 5°42'2"W 241° 4.6kt 5530.1NM wind 13.1kt 320° baro 1020 hPa Open microphone on channel 16 in Dublin area. Coastguard trying to get everyone to check their VHF equipment. Ours seems fine.
23.07. 9:00 Z 53°33'27"N 5°42'28"W 219° 4.4kt 5530.5NM wind 13.1kt 310° baro 1020 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 9:15 Z 53°32'49"N 5°44'3"W 237° 4.4kt 5531.6NM wind 15.9kt 310° baro 1021 hPa Disturbance on 16 cleared.
23.07. 10:00 Z 53°31'23"N 5°48'34"W 256° 3.9kt 5534.7NM wind 11.5kt 312° baro 1021 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 10:25 Z 53°30'39"N 5°50'49"W 234° 2.9kt 5536.2NM wind 9.8kt 294° baro 1022 hPa Sails set: Main, Genoa 1
23.07. 10:43 Z 53°30'1"N 5°52'22"W 238° 3.3kt 5537.3NM wind 10kt 309° baro 1022 hPa Watermaker second canister 156 ppm
23.07. 10:53 Z 53°29'44"N 5°53'13"W 253° 2.7kt 5537.9NM wind 7.4kt 317° baro 1022 hPa Autopilot activated
23.07. 11:00 Z 53°29'33"N 5°53'44"W 210° 2.4kt 5538.3NM wind 6.3kt 334° baro 1022 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 11:42 Z 53°28'30"N 5°55'50"W 228° 1.7kt 5540NM wind 4.7kt 13° baro 1022 hPa Sails down, motoring
23.07. 11:44 Z 53°28'26"N 5°55'54"W 215° 4.8kt 5540NM wind 5.1kt 300° baro 1022 hPa Stopped watermaker, 185ppm
23.07. 12:00 Z 53°27'27"N 5°57'27"W 217° 5.8kt 5541.4NM wind 7.5kt 123° baro 1022 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 12:39 Z 53°24'49"N 6°1'32"W 220° 5.5kt 5545NM wind 7.2kt 129° baro 1022 hPa Autopilot deactivated
23.07. 13:00 Z 53°23'40"N 6°3'40"W 290° 3.4kt 5546.8NM wind 7.2kt 71° baro 1022 hPa Hourly position log
23.07. 13:16 Z 53°23'21"N 6°3'57"W 0kt 5547.4NM wind 4.7kt 78° baro 1022 hPa Stopped